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Review
. 2023 May 8;13(5):389.
doi: 10.3390/bs13050389.

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

Tânia Mira  1   2 , Aldo M Costa  1   3 , Miguel Jacinto  4   5   6 , Susana Diz  1 , Diogo Monteiro  3   4   5 , Filipe Rodrigues  4   5 , Rui Matos  4   5 , Raúl Antunes  4   5   7
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Well-Being, Resilience and Social Support of Athletes with Disabilities: A Systematic Review

Tânia Mira et al. Behav Sci (Basel). .

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.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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