Physically Disabled Persons' Motives of Participation in the Wheelchair Basketball Club and the Hindrance Factors of Participation

지체장애인의 휠체어농구 동호회 참여 동기 및 저해 요인

This study is to investigate what the factors motivating the wheelchair basketball club members to participate in the wheelchair basketball club are and what the factors hindering the members from participating in the wheelchair basketball club are, based on which it has been conducted to explore the effective direction of the management of the wheelchair basketball club for the physically disabled persons in the future. For this study, a survey targeting 180 members currently participating in the wheelchair basketball clubs in Seoul, Gyeonggi, Chungcheong, Gyeongnam, Jeju areas has been conducted and the data gained from 144 respondents of them have been analyzed and its key results of this study are as follows. Firstly, the results of analyzing the physically disabled persons' motives of participation in the wheelchair basketball club show that the respondents have most frequently participated in the wheelchair basketball club by their motives of the pastime-oriented type, which was followed by the health-oriented one, then by the home-oriented one. The results of examining the difference in the motivations for participation based on the degree of participation in the wheelchair basketball club and on the social demographic characteristics of the club members show that there was a significant difference depending on the group by residence, the subjective health condition in the light of the pastime-oriented motives and there was significant difference depending on the age, the occupation, the group by residence, the frequency of participation. Secondly, according to the results of investigating and analyzing the factors hindering the members of the club from participating in the wheelchair basketball club for the physically disabled persons, the structural factors are found to have been the biggest hindrance factor of participation and there was a significant difference depending on the age, the highest level of education, the occupation, the frequency of participation in the club in verifying the difference in the hindrance factors of participation in the club in accordance with the social demographic characteristics of the club members and the frequency of participation in terms of internal factors. Based on the abovementioned research results, some future effective management strategies of the wheelchair basketball club for the physically disabled persons have been discussed.

이 연구는 지체장애인 휠체어농구 동호인이 동호회 활동에 참여하는 동기는 무엇이고, 참여를 저해하는 요인은 무엇인지 알아보고, 이를 토대로 향후 지체장애인 휠체어농구 동호회의 효과적인 운영 방향을 모색하기 위한 목적으로 수행되었다. 연구를 위해 서울, 경기, 충청, 경남, 제주 등에서 현재 휠체어 농구 동호회 활동에 참여하고 있는 회원 180명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였고, 이 중 최종적으로 144명이 응답한 자료를 분석 대상으로 하였으며, 연구의 주요 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 지체장애인 휠체어농구 동호인의 참여 동기를 조사 분석한 결과, 취미오락형 참여 동기가 가장 높게 나타났고, 다음으로는 건강지향형, 사교지향형 참여 동기 등의 순으로 나타났다. 동호인의 인구사회학적 특성 및 동호회 참여 정도에 따른 참여 동기의 차이를 검증한 결과, 취미오락형 참여 동기의 경우 주거 그룹, 주관적 건강상태에 따라 유의미한 차이를 보였고, 자기개발형 참여 동기의 경우 연령, 직업 유무, 주거 그룹, 동호회 참여 횟수에 따라 유의미한 차이를 보였다. 둘째, 지체장애인 휠체어농구 동호인의 참여 저해요인을 조사 분석한 결과, 구조적 요인이 가장 큰 저해 요인으로 나타났고, 동호인의 인구사회학적 특성 및 동호회 참여 정도에 따른 참여 저해 요인의 차이를 검증한 결과, 내재적 요인의 경우 연령, 최종학력, 직업 유무, 동호회 참여 횟수에 따라 통계적으로 의미 있는 차이를 나타냈다. 이상의 연구 결과를 토대로 향후 지체장애인 휠체어농구 동호회의 효과적인 운영 방안에 대하여 몇 가지 논의하였다.