2016/05/18 by Simon Darcy, Daniel Lock, Tracy Taylor
Engineering · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Applied psychology #Computer science #Constraint (computer-aided design) #Economics #Engineering #Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport #Interpersonal communication #Intrapersonal communication #Multivariate analysis of variance #Participation constraint #Psychology #Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management #Social engagement #Social psychology #Sociology #Sport and Mega-Event Impacts #Structural equation modeling
paper · doi:10.1080/01490400.2016.1151842
crossref issued 2016/05/18 · crossref published 2016/05/18 · crossref published-online 2016/05/18 · openalex publication_date 2016/05/18 · crossref created 2016/05/18 · crossref published-print 2017/01/02 · crossref deposited 2024/06/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · crossref indexed 2026/08/05 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Framed by a social approach to disability and leisure constraints theory, this paper presents the results of a national study examining the constraints to sport participation for people with disability. Responses were obtained from a multi-platform questionnaire survey capturing data on constraints to participation, dimensions of disability, and level of support needs. The Exploratory Factor Analysis identified five structural together with intrapersonal and interpersonal constraint factors. While intrapersonal and interpersonal considerations were found to constrain sport participation and nonparticipation, the five structural factors had the most significant constraining impact on sport participation. The findings showed that disability type and level of support needs explain significant variations in constraints to participation and nonparticipation. When the 2-Way MANOVA included type of disability and level of support needs as contingent independent variables, the level of support needs was the most significant indicator of the likelihood of having constraints to participation or nonparticipation.