Abstract
The purposes of this study were threefold. The first aim was to test the reliability and validity of a Portuguese version of the Physical Self-Perception Profile (PSPPp) in elite basketball players and determine its sensitivity to assess Self-perceptions in athletes with and without physical disabilities. The second aim was to assess the relationship between variables such as length of sport career, frequency of doing sport and competitive level, and Self-perceptions in the physical domain as well as Global Self-esteem both in athletes with and without disability. The third aim was to assess the relationship between disability-specific variables such as lesion source, type of lesion, time onset of disability and functional classification, and Self-perceptions in the physical domain as well as Global Self-esteem in athletes with disability. The psychometric properties and validity of the PSPPp were evaluated with a sample basketball players with (n = 64) and without disability (n = 69). Cronbach alpha values for subscales ranged from .66 to .79 for the disability group and from.62 to .73 for the group without disability. Exploratory factor analysis revealed a different factorial organization to that reported with the original instrument. The hierarchical organisation of the PSPPp subscales was partially supported by correlation and partial correlation analyses especially in basketball players without disability.
Highlights
Self-esteem has been widely accepted as an important indicator of emotional stability, adjustment to life demands and mental health
A general view of the results would initially suggest that the Portuguese version of the PSPP has showed limited validity for the assessment of Portuguese wheelchair sport athlete’s self-perceptions in the Physical domain
The differences seen in relationships among the constructs between groups with and without disability has provided some insight into the sources of differences in content recorded
Summary
Self-esteem has been widely accepted as an important indicator of emotional stability, adjustment to life demands and mental health. The assessment of Physical Self-perceptions has becoming more sophisticated in the past 15 years reflecting multidimensionality and hierarchical organisation (Marsh, 1997) as well as the development of instruments in line with theoretical frameworks (Fox, 1998) such as the Physical Self Perception Profile – PSPP (Fox & Corbin, 1989) and the Physical Self Description Questionnaire – PSDQ (Marsh, Richards, Johnson, Roche, & Tremayne, 1994) This new generation of instrumentation has rarely been applied to populations with disability in most of the European countries
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