The experience of athletes with disabilities in mainstream sports: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Abstract Aim: Through reports of the athletes with disabilities interviewed, this study aimed to understand how the experiences lived in mainstream sports occur among people without disabilities. Methods: Husserl's classic phenomenology was the methodological framework adopted. The phenomenol...

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Main Authors: Jônatas Augusto Cursiol, Cristiano Roque Antunes Barreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) 2021-08-01
Series:Motriz: Revista de Educacao Fisica
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author Jônatas Augusto Cursiol
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description Abstract Aim: Through reports of the athletes with disabilities interviewed, this study aimed to understand how the experiences lived in mainstream sports occur among people without disabilities. Methods: Husserl's classic phenomenology was the methodological framework adopted. The phenomenological interview was carried out with an intentional sample that included six athletes with some type of physical disability and later its recording was transcribed for the procedures of phenomenological reduction and intentional crossing to explain the meaning of what is experienced by these athletes in mainstream sport. Results: Five categories essentially describe how these experiences occur: operational body barred in the world; shaping the movement; the invisibility of disability; determination stimulus; and normalization of social relations in mainstream sports. These experiences correspond to a dynamic process in which each part does not necessarily follow the other. Conclusion: The experience in mainstream sports allowed the interviewees to improve their experience of capacity, self-efficacy, and recognition through the mutuality between self-perception and the expectation of acceptance by society.
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spelling doaj.art-2ac5e02dc9d241d58f9a2ba72ea6f83e2022-12-22T03:01:52ZengUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)Motriz: Revista de Educacao Fisica1980-65742021-08-012710.1590/s1980-65742021006121The experience of athletes with disabilities in mainstream sports: an interpretative phenomenological analysisJônatas Augusto Cursiolhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3250-5025Cristiano Roque Antunes Barreirahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0141-6828Abstract Aim: Through reports of the athletes with disabilities interviewed, this study aimed to understand how the experiences lived in mainstream sports occur among people without disabilities. Methods: Husserl's classic phenomenology was the methodological framework adopted. The phenomenological interview was carried out with an intentional sample that included six athletes with some type of physical disability and later its recording was transcribed for the procedures of phenomenological reduction and intentional crossing to explain the meaning of what is experienced by these athletes in mainstream sport. Results: Five categories essentially describe how these experiences occur: operational body barred in the world; shaping the movement; the invisibility of disability; determination stimulus; and normalization of social relations in mainstream sports. These experiences correspond to a dynamic process in which each part does not necessarily follow the other. Conclusion: The experience in mainstream sports allowed the interviewees to improve their experience of capacity, self-efficacy, and recognition through the mutuality between self-perception and the expectation of acceptance by society.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-65742021000101401&tlng=enphysical disabilityintegrated sportphenomenologylived experiences
spellingShingle Jônatas Augusto Cursiol
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The experience of athletes with disabilities in mainstream sports: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
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physical disability
integrated sport
phenomenology
lived experiences
title The experience of athletes with disabilities in mainstream sports: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
title_full The experience of athletes with disabilities in mainstream sports: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
title_fullStr The experience of athletes with disabilities in mainstream sports: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
title_full_unstemmed The experience of athletes with disabilities in mainstream sports: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
title_short The experience of athletes with disabilities in mainstream sports: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
title_sort experience of athletes with disabilities in mainstream sports an interpretative phenomenological analysis
topic physical disability
integrated sport
phenomenology
lived experiences
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