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- Title
Determinantes sociales en el deporte adaptado en la etapa de formación deportiva. Un enfoque cuantitativo.
- Authors
Alvis-Gómez, Martina K.; Neira-Tolosa, Nury A.
- Abstract
Objective Identifying and quantitatively analyzing social determinants affecting disabled teenagers' inclusion/exclusion in high-performance sports. Method This was a descriptive cross-sectional study involving 19 12- to 19-year-old athletes suffering physical and sensory disability and 17 staff from the District Institute of Recreation and Sport. Likert-type rating scales were used, based on four analysis categories, i.e. social structure, socio-economic, educational and living condition determinants. Results Social inequity pervades the national Paralympic sports' system. This is because 74 % of individuals only become recognized as sportspeople when they have obtained meritorious results in set competition without appropriate conditions having been previously provided by such Paralympic sports institution to enable them to overcome structural and intermediate barriers. Conclusions The social structure imposed on district-based Paralympic sport stigmatizes individuals regarding their individual abilities, affects their empowerment and freedom due to the discrimination experienced by disabled teenagers regarding their competitive achievements.
- Subjects
TEENAGERS with disabilities; SOCIAL structure; COMPETITION (Psychology) in adolescence; SPORTS competitions; PARALYMPICS; SOCIAL history
- Publication
Revista de Salud Pública, 2013, Vol 15, Issue 6, p809
- ISSN
0124-0064
- Publication type
Article