More than just having fun! Understanding the experience of involvement in physical activity of adolescents living with cerebral palsy

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Table 1. Example of coding of an excerpt from the second interview for a participant.

Person	Narrative	Meaning statement	Body Language	Prelim Code
GK	Can you tell me – what would “very involved” look like when you are being active?
Adolescent	Yeah. Like, like, like, like having people like not like, like. Imagine there’s absolutely no people around, no people. Absolutely. Anything but I’ll have to. I have to see people in front of me but I’m, everybody else I just zionk out and just concentrate on what I need to do.	Imagine there’s absolutely no people around	Hands by eyes showing can only see ahead “blinkers on”	I need to ignore everything else
Adolescent	Yeah. Like, like, like, like having people like not like, like. Imagine there’s absolutely no people around, no people. Absolutely. Anything but I’ll have to. I have to see people in front of me but I’m, everybody else I just zionk out and just concentrate on what I need to do.	I just zionk (sic) out and just concentrate on what I need to do.	Moves arms side to side demonstrating his concentrated running action.	Concentration is needed
GK	So, when you did your arms like this (demonstrates the action), it’s like you have blinkers on (demonstrates the action) and you’re only seeing what’s in front and you’re just ignoring everybody else?
Adolescent	Seeing what’s in front. Yeah. No matter how important they are, and no matter if it’s one of my favourite YouTubers, and I’m doing it. I’m just gonna do it until I finish it. Then I’ll talk to them, so yeah.	Seeing what’s in front	Arm pointing straight ahead	Focusing ahead
Adolescent	Seeing what’s in front. Yeah. No matter how important they are, and no matter if it’s one of my favourite YouTubers, and I’m doing it. I’m just gonna do it until I finish it. Then I’ll talk to them, so yeah.	I’m just gonna (going to) do it until I finish it		Persisting until finished

Note. GK is the primary researcher and interviewer; adolescent is the interviewee.

Figure 1. A word map of “What is involvement in physical activity” from adolescents with cerebral palsy and their parents’ perspectives.

Figure 2. A word map for “in it all the way” from adolescents with cerebral palsy and their parents perspective when “being involved.”

Figure 3. A word map for “Changes on a dime” from adolescents with cerebral palsy and their parents perspective when “not involved.”

Figure 4. A word map of personal motivators and strategies of “What works for me” from adolescents with cerebral palsy and their parents perspective.