Participation in paralympic sports: What it means to female student-athletes with disabilities
Women’s involvement in sports continues to evolve over the years. This scenario has affected their socialization process and altered their life expectations. This paper examines the non-sport factors of sports participation among female student-athletes with disabilities in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. T...
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| author | Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura Abd Rahim, Badruel Hairiel |
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| description | Women’s involvement in sports continues to evolve over the years. This scenario has affected their socialization process and altered their life expectations. This paper examines the non-sport factors of sports participation among female student-athletes with disabilities in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Ten participants (N=10) were recruited using the purposive sampling technique. All participants were female student-athletes with disabilities, aged between 13-17 years old, from the Malay, Chinese and Indian ethnic group. They have competed in goalball, para-athletics and para-swimming. All data were analysed using thematic analysis. Results of this study show: i) sport is considered a mechanism to achieve different life goals, ii) sport is an avenue to express their emotions and iii) civic identity is promoted through their participation in sports. In short, sport is vital in the life of female student-athletes with disabilities as it empowers them to be their best and makes them feel good about themselves. |
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| spelling | iium-775542020-07-14T01:00:49Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/77554/ Participation in paralympic sports: What it means to female student-athletes with disabilities Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura Abd Rahim, Badruel Hairiel GV Recreation Leisure LC Special aspects of education LC1390 Education of special classes of persons LC65 Social aspects of education LC8 Forms of education Women’s involvement in sports continues to evolve over the years. This scenario has affected their socialization process and altered their life expectations. This paper examines the non-sport factors of sports participation among female student-athletes with disabilities in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Ten participants (N=10) were recruited using the purposive sampling technique. All participants were female student-athletes with disabilities, aged between 13-17 years old, from the Malay, Chinese and Indian ethnic group. They have competed in goalball, para-athletics and para-swimming. All data were analysed using thematic analysis. Results of this study show: i) sport is considered a mechanism to achieve different life goals, ii) sport is an avenue to express their emotions and iii) civic identity is promoted through their participation in sports. In short, sport is vital in the life of female student-athletes with disabilities as it empowers them to be their best and makes them feel good about themselves. Atlantis Press 2019-12 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77554/1/77554_Participation%20in%20Paralympic%20sports.pdf Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura and Abd Rahim, Badruel Hairiel (2019) Participation in paralympic sports: What it means to female student-athletes with disabilities. In: 3rd International Conference on Special Education (ICSE 2019), 13 -15 July 2019, Surabaya, Indonesia. https://download.atlantis-press.com/proceedings/icse-19/125928821 |
| spellingShingle | GV Recreation Leisure LC Special aspects of education LC1390 Education of special classes of persons LC65 Social aspects of education LC8 Forms of education Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura Abd Rahim, Badruel Hairiel Participation in paralympic sports: What it means to female student-athletes with disabilities |
| title | Participation in paralympic sports: What it means to female student-athletes with disabilities |
| title_full | Participation in paralympic sports: What it means to female student-athletes with disabilities |
| title_fullStr | Participation in paralympic sports: What it means to female student-athletes with disabilities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Participation in paralympic sports: What it means to female student-athletes with disabilities |
| title_short | Participation in paralympic sports: What it means to female student-athletes with disabilities |
| title_sort | participation in paralympic sports: what it means to female student-athletes with disabilities |
| topic | GV Recreation Leisure LC Special aspects of education LC1390 Education of special classes of persons LC65 Social aspects of education LC8 Forms of education |
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