Background : Sport, as social phenomena, may achieve a very positive influence on health and the social state of people with disability who practice it. In sport activities of athletes with disability, team sports may take a very important place. Objective : The aims of this study were: a) to investigate personality characteristics of male professional basketball players and wheelchair basketball players, b) to compare these characteristics of two kinds of athletes. Methods : For the purposes of this study, professional basketball players (N = 29) and wheelchair basketball players (N = 25) had completed a Cattell 16PF questionnaire which estimated personality characteristics. Differences between two groups of participants were calculated by t-test for small samples. Results : Results demonstrated the existence of differences in the expression of certain forms of behaviour within certain dimensions of personality between these two groups. Wheelchair basketball players had higher scores at factor M - Abstractedness (t = -1.889; p = 0.046), which means that they are more preoccupied by themselves and their inner mental life. Wheelchair basketball players had lower scores, on factors: C - Emotional Stability (t = 2.097; p = 0.041), E - Dominance (t = 3.530; p = 0.001), F - Liveliness (t = 2.658; p = 0.010) and N - Privateness (t = 2.527; p = 0.015). Conclusions : Wheelchair basketball players are, compared with professional basketball players, more emotive; they have a lack of self-esteem, less ready for teamwork and collaboration; they are naive and unpretentious. Considering these results, coaches who are involved in work with wheelchair basketball players have to adjust their methods of trainings, especially those coaches who were working with basketball players without disability. Also, coaches' influence can stimulate eventual changes in some above mentioned characteristics of wheelchair basketball players in more desirable course.
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机译：背景：体育作为一种社会现象，可能会对残疾人的健康和社会状况产生非常积极的影响。在残障运动员的体育活动中，团体运动可能占据非常重要的位置。目的：本研究的目的是：a）研究男性职业篮球运动员和轮椅篮球运动员的人格特征，b）比较两种运动员的这些特征。方法：为进行本研究，职业篮球运动员（N = 29）和轮椅篮球运动员（N = 25）已完成了Cattell 16PF问卷调查，该问卷用于估计人格特征。对于小样本，通过t检验计算两组参与者之间的差异。结果：结果表明，这两组之间在某些人格维度上某些行为形式的表达存在差异。轮椅篮球运动员在因子M-抽象度（t = -1.889; p = 0.046）上得分更高，这意味着他们更加专注于自己和内心的精神生活。轮椅篮球运动员在以下方面得分较低：C-情绪稳定性（t = 2.097; p = 0.041），E-主导地位（t = 3.530; p = 0.001），F-活力（t = 2.658; p = 0.010）和N-私密性（t = 2.527; p = 0.015）。结论：与职业篮球运动员相比，轮椅篮球运动员具有更高的情感性;他们缺乏自尊心，缺乏团队合作和协作的准备;他们天真无邪。考虑到这些结果，与轮椅篮球运动员一起工作的教练必须调整他们的训练方法，尤其是那些与残疾篮球运动员一起工作的教练。而且，教练的影响可以在更理想的过程中刺激轮椅篮球运动员的某些上述特征的最终变化。
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