Effects of a Special Olympics Unified Sports soccer program on psycho-social attributes of youth with and without intellectual disability

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dc.authoridHutzler, Yeshayahu (Shayke)/0000-0003-1955-5500
dc.authoridnalbant, sibel/0000-0002-9930-376X
dc.contributor.authorOzer, D.
dc.contributor.authorBaran, F.
dc.contributor.authorAktop, A.
dc.contributor.authorNalbant, S.
dc.contributor.authorAglamis, E.
dc.contributor.authorHutzler, Y.
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:20:30Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:20:30Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of a Special Olympics (SO) Unified Sports (UNS) soccer program on psycho-social attributes of youth with and without intellectual disabilities (ID). Participants were 76 male youth with (n = 38) and without (n = 38) ID. Participants with ID were randomly allocated into a SO athletes group (n = 23, mean age = 14.5; SD = 1.2 years) and a control group (CG) (n = 15, mean age = 14.5; SD = .8 years). Twenty-three randomly selected youth without ID formed the partner group (mean age = 14.1; SD = .9 years) and 15 youth without ID (mean age = 13.8; SD = .5 years) formed the CG. Instruments included the Friendship Activity Scale (FAS) (Siperstein, 1980), the Adjective Checklist (Siperstein, 1980), and the Children Behavior Checklist (Achenbach, 1991). The soccer training program lasted eight weeks, 1.5 h per session, three times per week, in addition to school physical education (PE). The CG did not participate in any sports in addition to PE. The findings showed that the UNS program was effective in decreasing the problem behaviors of youth with ID and increasing their social competence and FAS scores. In addition, the program was found to be effective in improving the attitude of youth without disabilities toward participants with disabilities. In conclusion, the present findings demonstrate the utility of a UNS program for both youth with and without disabilities. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ridd.2011.09.011
dc.identifier.endpage239
dc.identifier.issn0891-4222
dc.identifier.issn1873-3379
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.pmid22093669
dc.identifier.startpage229
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2011.09.011
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/21730
dc.identifier.volume33
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000297661500028
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofResearch in Developmental Disabilities
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectUnified sport program
dc.subjectSoccer
dc.subjectChildren with disability
dc.subjectAttitudes
dc.subjectProblem behavior
dc.titleEffects of a Special Olympics Unified Sports soccer program on psycho-social attributes of youth with and without intellectual disability
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