Well-Being, Resilience and Social Support of Athletes with Disabilities: A Systematic Review

Tânia Mira; Aldo M Costa; Miguel Jacinto; Susana Diz; Diogo Monteiro; Filipe Rodrigues; Rui Matos; Raúl Antunes

doi:10.3390/bs13050389

Well-Being, Resilience and Social Support of Athletes with Disabilities: A Systematic Review

Behav Sci (Basel). 2023 May 8;13(5):389. doi: 10.3390/bs13050389.

Authors

Tânia Mira^{1

2}, Aldo M Costa^{1

3}, Miguel Jacinto^{4

5

6}, Susana Diz¹, Diogo Monteiro^{3

4

5}, Filipe Rodrigues^{4

5}, Rui Matos^{4

5}, Raúl Antunes^{4

5

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Sport Sciences, University of Beira Interior, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal.
² ISCE-Higher Institute of Lisbon and Vale do Tejo, 2620-379 Ramada, Portugal.
³ Research Centre in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Developmental (CIDESD), 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal.
⁴ ESECS-Polytechnic of Leiria, 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal.
⁵ Life Quality Research Centre (CIEQV), 2040-413 Rio Maior, Portugal.
⁶ Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, University of Coimbra, 3040-248 Coimbra, Portugal.
⁷ Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechCare), Polytechnic of Leiria, 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal.

Abstract

Sport for people with disabilities appears to play a positive role in the well-being, resilience and social support of athletes with disabilities. Thus, this systematic review aims to evaluate the effect of adapted sport on the well-being, resilience and social support in a population with disabilities. The Pubmed, Web of Science, Scopus and SportDiscus databases were used, with several descriptors and Boolean operators. A total of 287 studies were identified through searching the databases. After the data extraction process, twenty-seven studies were included for analysis. In general, these studies show that adapted sport has a positive impact on the levels of well-being, resilience and social support resources for people with disabilities, contributing to their personal development, quality of life and integration into society. Considering the impact on the variables studied, these results are important to support and encourage the development of adapted sport.

Keywords: adapted sport; disabilities; inclusion; resilience; social support; well-being.

Publication types

Review

Grants and funding

This research was funded by National Funding through the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, I. P., under the project number UIDB/04748/2020 and UIDB/04045/2020.