- Brief description
This project explores the quality of participation and the strategies to meaningful engagement in physical activity for individuals living with disabilities through an increasingly popular sport: rock climbing.
- Primary contact
- Primary need
- People with disabilities need to be able to participate easily in social/societal activities of their choosing.
- Needs
- People with disabilities need to be able to participate easily in social/societal activities of their choosing.
- Description
The popularity of indoor rock climbing has tremendously increased in the last years and since its inclusion as an official Olympic sport in the last summer Olympic games of Tokyo 2020. With specific adaptations customized to individuals’ needs, rock climbing may provide an inclusive activity that people with and without disabilities can engage in together. The process of selecting various types of LTPA and engaging in LTPA differs according to personal factors and local context. In addition to limited opportunities and accessibility, aspects of motivation and intentions of individuals can influence participation. The quality of the experience perceived while a person tries a new sport can also have an impact on their desire to subsequently engage in LTPA. Given the need for increased LTPA among individuals with disabilities and the rising popularity of rock climbing, the objectives of this project are to: 1) explore the quality of participation in adapted rock-climbing initiation activities (indoor and outdoor) in people with disabilities; and 2) document strategies to support meaningful engagement in the activity.
Activities were offered by 3 community organizations in the province of Quebec. Using a phenomenological approach, a mixed-methods design consisted of participant observations, structured questionnaires, and semi structured interviews. A convenience sample of participants
who voluntarily registered for activities of adaptive indoor or outdoor rock climbing were recruited. Volunteers (with or without disability) were also invited to participate in the semi-structured interviews to get insights on their point of view of the activities. As we just completed the data collection for this project, data will be analyzed subsequently: the sociodemographic data will be summarized to describe the sample. The questionnaires scores will be summarized to describe overall perceptions of quality of participation. A thematic content analysis will be conducted on interview data, such that line-by-line coding of interviews will be done individually using NVivo. Agreement on codes will be discussed by researchers, then codes will be organization into themes and sub-themes. Observation data will be used to contextualize analyses. Trustworthiness strategies will include triangulation (between observations, field notes, videos, and interviews) and member checking with participants of the study once themes and sub-themes have been generated.Results from this project will allow for a better understanding of the perceptions of people living with disabilities towards rock climbing as an inclusive opportunity for physical activity.
- Organizations
- Persons associated with project
- Staff: Krista Best
- Brief description
This project explores the quality of participation and the strategies to meaningful engagement in physical activity for individuals living with disabilities through an increasingly popular sport: rock climbing.
- Primary contact
- Primary need
- People with disabilities need to be able to participate easily in social/societal activities of their choosing.
- Needs
- People with disabilities need to be able to participate easily in social/societal activities of their choosing.
- Description
The popularity of indoor rock climbing has tremendously increased in the last years and since its inclusion as an official Olympic sport in the last summer Olympic games of Tokyo 2020. With specific adaptations customized to individuals’ needs, rock climbing may provide an inclusive activity that people with and without disabilities can engage in together. The process of selecting various types of LTPA and engaging in LTPA differs according to personal factors and local context. In addition to limited opportunities and accessibility, aspects of motivation and intentions of individuals can influence participation. The quality of the experience perceived while a person tries a new sport can also have an impact on their desire to subsequently engage in LTPA. Given the need for increased LTPA among individuals with disabilities and the rising popularity of rock climbing, the objectives of this project are to: 1) explore the quality of participation in adapted rock-climbing initiation activities (indoor and outdoor) in people with disabilities; and 2) document strategies to support meaningful engagement in the activity.
Activities were offered by 3 community organizations in the province of Quebec. Using a phenomenological approach, a mixed-methods design consisted of participant observations, structured questionnaires, and semi structured interviews. A convenience sample of participants
who voluntarily registered for activities of adaptive indoor or outdoor rock climbing were recruited. Volunteers (with or without disability) were also invited to participate in the semi-structured interviews to get insights on their point of view of the activities. As we just completed the data collection for this project, data will be analyzed subsequently: the sociodemographic data will be summarized to describe the sample. The questionnaires scores will be summarized to describe overall perceptions of quality of participation. A thematic content analysis will be conducted on interview data, such that line-by-line coding of interviews will be done individually using NVivo. Agreement on codes will be discussed by researchers, then codes will be organization into themes and sub-themes. Observation data will be used to contextualize analyses. Trustworthiness strategies will include triangulation (between observations, field notes, videos, and interviews) and member checking with participants of the study once themes and sub-themes have been generated.Results from this project will allow for a better understanding of the perceptions of people living with disabilities towards rock climbing as an inclusive opportunity for physical activity.
- Organizations
- Persons associated with project
- Staff: Krista Best