Identification and Ranking Deterrent Factors of People with Physical and Dynamic Disabilities from Participating in Sports

Abstract:This study aimed at identify and rank the factors that didnʹt let Shiraz city people who have physical and dynamic disabilities do physical activities. Present field study was a descriptive one. Statistical population of the study were whole of the physical and dynamic disabled people of Shiraz (N= 10029), and with aid of Morgan table and random sampling the number of 375 of those were selected as the statistical sample. The tool for collecting data was 2 questionnaires, 1. A scholar made questionnaire for deterrent factors, and 2. Personal characteristics questionnaire, with 27 five valued questions that were divided into 4 contexts. The questionnaire nominal and contextual validity were determined with 12professors of physical education faculty of Shahid Chamran university of Ahwaz city. Constituent validity was KMO= 0.77 and its reliability by Cronbachʹs ? were calculated 0.87. In this study we used methods of descriptive statistics for describing the study variables, Kolmogrov – Smirnov test for normality, and inferential statistics (Friedman test) for testing and ranking. Results showed that 58.2% of samples have participated in sport activities, the results of Friedman ranking test showed, 1. Environmental deterrent factors (transportation), 2. Economical factors, 3. Facilities related factors and, 4. Socio – cultural factors, respectively, was the most important deterrent factors that didnʹt let the disabled participate in physical activities.