Qualitative Study of the Process of Self-transformation of the Expert Athletes with Acquired Physical Disability.

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25870857
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sports science; Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Matsumoto University
• Principal Investigator: Saito Shigeru 松本大学, 人間健康学部, 講師 (10454258)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 中途身体障害者エキスパートスポーツ選手 / 自己変容過程 / ライフストーリー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to clarify the process of self-transformation of the expert athletes with acquired physical disability by using narrative approach. Semi-structured interviews focused on the process of Self-transformation from the injured and disabled to expert athletes and competitors in the Paralympic Games.
As results, the process which follows was clarified: after the injury, the participants had no choice but to accept the disorder and they were in need of alternative choices. And they found the meaning as athletes with disabilities, continue to commit the rehabilitation and training with prosthetic legs. Then, they started new competitor lives with the earnest aim of playing in the Paralympic Games and the like as top athletes, and achieved also the self-renewal "as a human being".

Free Research Field

スポーツ心理学