Study on Disabled Athletes’ Sport Achievement Motivation and Physical Self-Perception Features and Their Correlation

This paper,based on the achievement motivation theory,discusses and analyzes the correlation of disabled athletes' sport achievement motivation and physical self-perception,aiming to verify and explain the role of disabled athletes' sport achievement motivation in improving their physical self-perceptions.590 disabled athletes(377 males and 213 females) are taken as subjects to complete Achievement Motivation Scale(AMS),General Self-perception Profile and Physical Self-perception Profile(PSPP) questionnaires.The result shows that among disabled athletes' sport achievement motivations,the correlation is significantly different between motivation to avoid failure & achievement motivation and general self-perception & physical self-perception in terms of different types of disabilities,indicating deviation exists in their cognitive competence since disabled athletes have malfunction in different organs.Additionally,due to the differences in terms of social culture,traditional ideas and family environment etc.,remarkable differences show between genders in terms of the motivation to avoid failure and physical self-perceptions and between achievement motivation and general self-perception & physical self-perceptions(athletic ability,physical condition,physical fitness and physical self-perception) in terms of marital status.A further study shows that disabled athletes' motivation to achieve success can promote the upgrade of their physical self-perception,is positively correlated to achievement motivation,general self-perception,athletic ability,physical condition,and physical self-perception,while motivation to avoid failure is negatively correlated to achievement motivation,general self-perception,athletic ability,physical condition,physical fitness and physical self-perception,indicating the stronger the motivation to achieve success is,the higher the physical-perception level will be;while the stronger the motivation to avoid failure is,the lower the physical-perception level will be.The regression analysis finds that sports achievement motivation can efficiently and positively predict the subscale of disabled athletes' general self-perception and physical self-perception(athletic ability,physical condition and physical self-perception);while the motivation to avoid failure can significantly and negatively predict the subscale of disabled athletes' general self-perception and physical self-perception(athletic ability,physical condition and physical self-perception).