Motivational orientation among wheelchair users athletes

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Fábia Freire
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: da Silva, Jéssica Almeida, Duim, Guilherme Augusto de Souza, Nascimento Junior, José Roberto Andrade do, Araújo, Paulo Ferreira de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Caderno de Educação Física e Esporte
• Texto Completo: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/cadernoedfisica/article/view/21485
• topic: Motivação; Atletas; Pessoas com deficiência; Motivation; Athletes; People

Objective: To identify, compare and correlate the motivational orientation of athletes of Basketball in Wheelchair (BW), Rugby in Wheelchair (RW) and Handball in Wheelchair (HW) in competition situation. Methods: The sample consisted of 36 male physically disabled athletes aged between 22 and 45 years old. The study was carried out during the Brazilian Championship of the sports in 2017, in the city of Toledo (PR), Rio de Janeiro (RJ) and Sao Paulo (SP), respectively. The instrument used was the Task and Ego Orientation in Sports Questionnaire (TEOSQb). Data analysis was conducted through descriptive and inferential statistics, being adopted as significance p<0.05. Results: The results showed higher task orientation (BW=3.76; RW=3.94; HW=4.01) in the three modalities, in comparison to the motivational orientation for the ego (BW=2.09; RW=2.42; HW=1.83). It was concluded that BW, RW and HW athletes have a tendency toward task-oriented motivation. Conclusion: Thus, they believe more in their efforts and are more persistent during learning and specialization, that is, they are concerned to execute as accurately as possible a task.