https://doi.org/10.24552/00002174 ©青森県立保健大学
A Study on Influence on Activity Satisfaction of Members with
Mental disabilities and their Sports Coaches who Participate
in Sports for People with Mental Disabilities
Sho Tateyama1) and Kenya Ishida2）
1）Faculty of Health Science, Aomori University of Health and Welfare
2）Faculty of Social Welfare, Yamaguchi Prefectural University
（Recieved December 27, 2021; Accepted March 14, 2022）
ABSTRACT
［Objective］
This study examined influences on activity satisfaction of members with mental disabilities
and their sports coaches who participated in sports for people with mental disabilities（referred to
below as participants）. Furthermore, this study also aimed to verify if sports for people with mental
disabilities played an important role for the participants, focusing on relations between activity satis-
faction and participants’ roles or images of sports for people with mental disabilities.
［Methods］Subjects of this study were participants who participated in sports for people with mental disabilities in the Tohoku region. This was a cross-sectional study with a survey conducted using online
questionnaires and/or mailing.
The total number of returned questionnaires was 75. All questionnaires were checked, and only valid
responses were used for data analysis（ 73 of 75 were valid）. The Activity Satisfaction Score consisted
of three factors of activity satisfaction: team activity which the participants belonged to, organizational
management, and relationships between participants. A forces entry method of multiple regression
analysis was performed to obtain degrees of activity satisfaction statistically. The dependent variable
was each of the three activity satisfaction scores, and the independent variables were the two items
which were significant as a result of single regression.
［Results］
The results showed that the participants with an image of “victory” in the sports had lower
satisfaction with relationships between participants than the participants without this image,
and that the sports coaches had lower satisfaction with organizational management than members.
［Conclusions］
A strong desire of “victory” may be related to low satisfaction with sports for mental disabilities.
Sports for mental disabilities includes “competitiveness”. Participants with a strong desire of
“victory” seem to have motivations to improve their skills by participating in competitive sports. The
low satisfaction with sports for people with mental disabilities is a significant factor for participants.
Key words: Degree of activity satisfaction, Sports for people with mental disabilities, Competitiveness