Effects of Integrated Sport Participation on Perceived Competence for Adolescents with Mental Retardation

2000 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 208-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grégory Ninot ◽  
Jean Bilard ◽  
Didier Delignières ◽  
Michel Sokolowski
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Experimental Treatment ◽  
Perceived Competence ◽  
Adolescent Females ◽  
Athletic Competence ◽  
Sedentary Group ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
Group D

The purpose was to examine the effects of type of program (integrated vs. segregated) and type of sport (basketball vs. swimming) on sport skills, four domains of perceived competence, and general self-worth. Participants were 48 adolescent females with mental retardation (MR) divided equally into six groups: (a) segregated basketball, (b) integrated basketball, (c) segregated swimming, (d) integrated swimming, (e) adapted physical activity (APA), (f) sedentary. The experimental treatment was 8 months long. We administrated sport skill tests and Harter’s (1985) Self-Perception Profile for Children four times to determine changes in sport skill, perceived competence, and general self-worth. Results indicated (a) significant improvement in skill for all sports groups, (b) no changes in perceived social acceptance and physical appearance, (c) significantly lower perceived athletic competence for the integrated basketball group compared to the sedentary group, (d) significantly lower perceived conduct for the basketball groups compared to the APA and sedentary groups, (e) and no significant changes in general self-worth.

scholarly journals Self-Perceptions, Self-Worth and Sport Participation in Adolescents

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 624-630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Balaguer ◽  
Francisco L. Atienza ◽  
Joan L. Duda
Keyword(s):  
Health Behavior ◽  
School Children ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Athletic Competence ◽  
Self Worth

The purpose of this study was to study the associations between specific self-perceptions and global self-worth with different frequency levels of sport participation among Spanish boys and girls adolescents. Students (457 boys and 460 girls) completed the Self Perception Profile for Children (Harter, 1985) and items assessing sport engagement from The Health Behavior in School Children Questionnaire (Wold, 1995). Results showed that some specific dimensions of self-perception were related to different frequency of sport participation whereas overall judgments of self-worth did not. Specifically, for boys and girls, higher levels of sport participation were positively associated to Athletic Competence, and for boys were also associated with Physical Appearance and Social Acceptance. The potential implications of domain specific socialisation processes on the configuration of self-perceptions are highlighted.

Self-Concept and Motor Performance of Hearing Impaired Boys and Girls

1988 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 293-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Hopper
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Motor Performance ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Physical Appearance ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Athletic Competence ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
Long Jump ◽  
School For The Deaf

This pilot study examined self-concept and motor performance of hearing impaired boys and girls, ages 10 to 14. Subjects were 32 students from the Washington State School for the Deaf in Vancouver. Self-concept was measured using the Harter Self-Perception Profile consisting of six subscales: scholastic competence, social acceptance, athletic competence, physical appearance, behavioral conduct, and global self-worth. Motor performance was assessed with the 9-min run, sit-ups, sit and reach, Bass stick test, long jump, shuttle run, and catching a ball. Results of this pilot study indicated that students scored highest in the scholastic domain and lowest in the social acceptance domain. The physical appearance scale was most related to global self-worth. Those students who viewed themselves as athletically capable did best in the 9-min run. Girls scored higher than boys in athletic competence, physical appearance, and social acceptance domains.

Perceived Competence, Discrepancy Scores, and Global Self-Worth

2002 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Rose ◽  
Dawne Larkin
Keyword(s):  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Motor Coordination ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Importance Rating ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Athletic Competence ◽  
Discrepancy Scores ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
Importance Ratings

According to Harter (1985a), global self-worth (GSW) can be predicted from the relationship between perceptions of competence and importance ratings. In this study, we employed Harter’s (1985b) Importance Rating Scale (IRS) and Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC) to examine importance ratings, discrepancy scores, and domain-specific perceptions of competence as predictors of GSW. Children (N = 130, 62 boys and 68 girls) aged 8-12 years were categorized into high (HMC; n = 62) and low motor coordination (LMC; n = 68) groups according to their scores on a motor proficiency battery (McCarron, 1982). Regression analyses using domain-specific perceptions of competence, importance, and discrepancy scores confirmed that self-perception ratings were the best predictors of GSW. For both groups, perceptions of physical appearance, social acceptance, and behavioral conduct contributed significantly to prediction of GSW. By contrast, perceived athletic competence increased prediction of GSW for the HMC group but not the LMC group.

Assessment of Hearing-Impaired Athletes' Anxiety and Self-Perceptions

1997 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 491-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Eidson
Keyword(s):  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Athletic Competence ◽  
Sport Competition ◽  
Self Worth

70 hearing-impaired basketball players participating in a national basketball tournament completed Neeman and Harter's Self-perception Profile examining their feelings of social acceptance, athletic competence, and global self-worth. In addition, players completed the Sport Competition Anxiety Test for trait anxiety and the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory evaluating their cognitive and somatic anxiety as well as their feelings of self-confidence. Correlations indicated an inverse relationship for subjects' ratings of athletic competence with their scores on trait anxiety and rated cognitive and somatic state anxiety. The correlation between rated self-worth and the subjects' feelings of confidence was low and positive. Results are discussed in relation to achievement-motivation theory.

Helping Middle School Females Form a Sense of Self through Team Sports and Exercise

2004 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Ference ◽  
K. Denise Muth
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Team Sports ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Athletic Competence ◽  
8Th Grade ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
Sports And Exercise ◽  
Activity Survey

The purpose of the study was to investigate how involvement in exercise and participation in team sports were related to the multidimension self-perceptions of middle school females. The study was conducted in 2 middle schools with 181 8th-grade females. Instruments used were the Physical Activity Survey and Harter’s Self-Perception Profile for Children. Results show that participation in team sports was related to four domains of self-perception: social acceptance, athletic competence, scholastic competence, and global self-worth. Informal exercise was related to social acceptance and global self-worth of middle school females. Therefore, it appears that both team sports and exercise may be important in enhancing self-concept in middle school females. Results also show that over half of middle school females in this study participated in three or more team sports during middle school. However, almost half of these students report exercising informally less than three times a week. These results support the increased opportunities of team sports for middle school females.

Coordination and Gender Influences on the Perceived Competence of Children

1997 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 210-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Betty Rose ◽  
Dawne Larkin ◽  
Bonnie G. Berger
Keyword(s):  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Perceived Competence ◽  
Scholastic Competence ◽  
Design Coordination ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Gender Interactions ◽  
Neuromuscular Development ◽  
Gender Influences ◽  
Univariate Analyses

Perceived competence and global self-worth of children who were poorly coordinated (n = 68) and children who were well-coordinated (n = 62) were examined. Measures of perceived athletic and scholastic competence, social acceptance, physical appearance, behavioral conduct, and global self-worth were obtained using Harter’s (1985) Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC). Girls and boys, ages 8 to 12, were categorized as poorly coordinated or well-coordinated using their scores on the McCarron (1982) Neuromuscular Development battery. Univariate analyses, using a 2 × 2 design (Coordination × Gender), showed a main effect of coordination in all domains, with the poorly coordinated group having the lower mean scores. In the scholastic, behavioral, and global sphere, coordination by gender interactions were influenced by the high perceptions of the well-coordinated girls. The interactions demonstrated for scholastic and global domains also were influenced by the low perceptions of the girls with poor coordination. Self-perceptions were modified by gender and coordination.

scholarly journals Self-perception of transgender clinic referred gender diverse children and adolescents

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 388-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Marie E Alberse ◽  
Annelou LC de Vries ◽  
Wieteke S Elzinga ◽  
Thomas D Steensma
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Gender Dysphoria ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Athletic Competence ◽  
Gender Diverse ◽  
Self Worth

Transgender children and adolescents show high rates of co-occurring psychopathology, which might be related to low self-confidence. Earlier research showed that compared to the norm population, transgender clinic–referred children have lower self-perception on two domains: physical appearance and global self-worth. This study aimed to compare self-perception in a sample of transgender clinic–referred children and adolescents with their standardization samples and to examine differences between these two groups. To measure self-esteem, the Self-Perception Profile for Children was administered to 305 referred children (162 assigned males at birth (AMABs) and 143 assigned females at birth (AFABs), mean age = 9.05 ( SD, 1.47), range = 5.9–13.00 years), and the Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents was administered to 369 referred adolescents (118 AMABs and 251 AFABs, mean age = 15.27 ( SD, 1.80), range = 10.73–18.03 years). To measure the severity of gender dysphoria, the parents of the children completed the Gender Identity Questionnaire and the adolescents completed the Utrecht Gender Dysphoria Scale. Referred children and adolescents had a significantly lower self-concept compared to the normative population, whereby referred adolescents felt less competent compared to referred children. Compared to their peers, childhood referred AFABs perceived themselves even better on scholastic and athletic competence and social acceptance. With regard to gender differences, referred AFABs generally showed a better self-perception compared to referred AMABs. The lower self-perception of transgender clinic–referred children and adolescents compared to same age peers deserves clinical attention and interventions aimed at, for example, improving social and physical self-worth.

The Effects of Sport Participation on Individuals with Mental Retardation

1993 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Riggen ◽  
Dale Ulrich
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Cardiovascular Fitness ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Special Olympics ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
Physical Abilities ◽  
Individuals With Mental Retardation

This study compared individuals with mental retardation participating in either a traditional segregated Special Olympic program or the new Unified Special Olympic program, which is integrated. The dependent variables of the study included self-perceptions of physical ability, social skills, and general self-worth. Actual physical abilities were also compared between the two groups. A control group not participating in sport programs was utilized. Self-perceptions were assessed with a modified version of the Perceived Competence Scale for Children (Harter, 1982). Cardiovascular fitness was estimated with the 1-mi run-walk (AAHPERD, 1984). Sport skills were assessed by use of a standard skills test routinely used for team placement by Special Olympics. Unified athletes demonstrated an increase in social self-perception, which remained unchanged in the traditional athletes. There were no significant increases found in self-perceptions of physical and general self-worth for either the traditional or Unified Special Olympic participants. Both the segregated and integrated basketball participants demonstrated significant increases in basketball skills but not in cardiovascular fitness.

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