Social support & wellness in visually impaired spanish swimmers

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https://doi.org/10.24310/riccafd.2013.v2i1.2014

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social support wellness, visual impairment, swimming

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The purpose of this study is to know the wellness and social support in swimmers with visual impairment. The instrument has been an own made questionnaire with three sections: degree of influence of the society at first steps of start swimming; reasons for satisfaction when swimming; feeling at this stage of life.

The results show that athletes have a high wellness state, significantly influenced by their usual practice of physical activity. The main reasons for attracting and maintaining sport practice are “fun” and “represent a province, community and country”. Influences to start swimming are more individual than external, “desire to improve” and “own beliefs”, being below “institutions for disabled”.

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2019-04-14

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Martín Recio, F. (2019). Social support & wellness in visually impaired spanish swimmers. Revista Iberoamericana De Ciencias De La Actividad Física Y El Deporte, 2(1), 20-29. https://doi.org/10.24310/riccafd.2013.v2i1.2014