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Physical activity and loneliness among adolescents with disabilities: Examining the quality of physical activity experiences as a possible moderator.

Abstract：

BACKGROUND:Adolescents with disabilities (AWD) often report higher loneliness levels than adolescents without disabilities, as they frequently encounter barriers to social participation. A negative relationship between physical activity (PA) and loneliness has been established outside of AWD populations, while few studies have examined this association among AWD. Research investigating the relationship between PA and loneliness has not systematically examined aspects of PA experiences that may influence this relationship. OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study were to: a) examine the direct relationship between PA and loneliness among AWD, and b) examine the quality of PA experiences, as framed within a quality participation conceptualization, as a possible moderator of the relationship between PA and loneliness. METHODS:This study was a cross-sectional sub-analysis of data from The National Physical Activity Measurement Study. Participants included 40 Canadian adolescents, age 10-17, with any type of disability who completed a series of questionnaires either online or via telephone/video interview. RESULTS:PA and loneliness were not significantly related at the bivariate level (r = -0.10, p = .54), but quality of PA participation significantly moderated the relationship between PA and loneliness (95% C.I. = 0.002-0.019, p = .02). These results suggest that greater PA rates were significantly and negatively associated with loneliness among AWD who reported experiencing high quality PA experiences. CONCLUSIONS:This research can be used as evidence to inform mechanistic studies with causal data to provide more robust findings on the possible value of high-quality PA experiences to mitigate feelings of loneliness among AWD.

journal_name

Disabil Health J

journal_title

Disability and health journal

authors

Santino N,Arbour-Nicitopoulos KP,Sharma R,Graham JD,Bassett-Gunter RL

doi

10.1016/j.dhjo.2021.101060

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2021-01-09 00:00:00

pages

101060

eissn

1936-6574

issn

1876-7583

pii

S1936-6574(21)00001-7

pub_type

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Physical activity and loneliness among adolescents with disabilities: Examining the quality of physical activity experiences as a possible moderator.