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Original Articles

Antecedents to leisure participation among people with physical disability in Ghana

Pages 127-146 | Received 01 Feb 2017, Accepted 29 Nov 2017, Published online: 14 Dec 2017
 

ABSTRACT

Notwithstanding the complex relationships between antecedents to leisure participation among people with disabilities, limited empirical studies have explored these relationships. This study analyses the interactional relationships between the antecedents to leisure participation among people with physical disability in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana, with data obtained from 322 people with physical disability. The results indicate that intellectual motivation, competence mastery and social motivation positively influenced participation while interpersonal and structural constraints negatively influenced participation. Specific dimensions of motivation influenced the conception of specific types of constraint, while specific types of constraint influenced the choice of specific negotiation strategies. Meanwhile, only cognitive negotiation strategy had a significant positive effect on participation, while participation had a positive influence on psychological, educational and social satisfaction. It is recommended that leisure and disability education should be introduced in both formal educational curriculum and public education fora so as to reduce the interpersonal and structural constraints encountered by people with physical disability.

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