Life satisfaction and athletic identity among Olympic para-alpine skiers: a survey

The objective of this study was to examine life satisfaction and athletic identity among para-alpine skiers and explore their associations with sociodemographic, sports practice, and disability-related characteristics of the participants. The respondents to the on-site survey were 129 para-alpine ski racers with acquired disability from 33 countries on all five continents who competed in the Paralympic games in Sochi (aged 16–53 years, mean and median 30 years, 100 men). Two self-developed assessment instruments were used – a 7-point Likert-type life-satisfaction questionnaire probing seven domains (health, family, education, freedom, friends, travelling, and self) and the Athletic Identity Scale (AIS; possible score range 17–85). The independence between life-satisfaction items was confirmed by low interitem correlations (largest absolute value
Source: International Journal of Rehabilitation Research - Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Original articles Source Type: research