Perceived Benefits of Sport Participation for People with Dementia: A Case Study of the Running Events in Wakayama
公開日 2017年12月27日
国際観光学研究センター（CTR）研究員である伊藤 央二講師（本学観光学部）の共著論文が学術誌「Journal of Asiania Sport for All」に掲載されました。
論文タイトル
Perceived Benefits of Sport Participation for People with Dementia: A Case Study of the Running Events in Wakayama
著者
Yuji Uenoyama, Support Office for Tourism Education and Practice, Wakayama University, Wakayama, Japan
Eiji Ito, Faculty of Tourism, Wakayama University, Wakayama, Japan
書誌事項
Journal of Asiania Sport for All, 2017, Vol.14, No.1, pp.4-12
要旨
The purpose of this study was to examine the perceived benefits of sport participation for people with dementia. The following three methods of collecting data were utilized: (a) observations, (b) formal interviews, and (c) informal interviews. Data were collected at sport (i.e., running) events, 2014, 2015, and 2016 RUN TOMO-RROW, in Wakayama, which were organized by a non-profit organization, Dementia Friendship Club. Our results indicated that sport participation provided the people with opportunities to develop their sense of self-determination and social support as shown by Coleman and Iso-Ahola’s (1993) theoretical model. Subsequently, these perceived benefits appeared to lead to the enhancement of their psychological well-being. It is worth noting that not only the participants with dementia perceived the benefits, but that the others who got involved with the sport events (e.g., family members, local residents) also perceived the benefits. Thus, sport participation may play a prominent role in promoting the establishment of the Community-based Integrated Care System that the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare proposed.
キーワード
Dementia, self-determination, social support, sport event, sport participation
