Clinic of Neurorehabilitation, 54-519 Wroclaw, Poland.
Department of Biostructure, University School of Physical Education, 51-612 Wroclaw, Poland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 May 23;18(11):5563. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18115563.
: Searching for the meaning of human existence is man's fundamental orientation. People are free to find meaning in their lives, and while they are not always free to choose the conditions of life, they are free to choose their attitude toward the conditions in which they find themselves. When people experience an unchangeable situation, the most important thing is the attitude they take toward it. This study aimed to identify the sense of meaning in life among elite athletes after a spinal cord injury (SCI) and to analyze the different aspects contributing to this domain. : The study involved five athletes with at least national-level achievements in sports prior to a SCI. The study consisted of an interview using a communicator and filling out two online questionnaires-a personal questionnaire and the Purpose in Life Scale. : Analyzing the quantitative results, four participants achieved results indicating a high sense of meaning in life, while one participant achieved a significantly lower result. : What affects one's purpose in life is not so much the objective physical limitation but how much physicality one perceives to have lost as a result of the injury. Elite athletes stay involved in the sporting environment, which prevents the loss of purpose and maintains a sense of meaning at a high level. Both telling the story of your own illness and listening to the stories of others help the process of self-healing.
寻找人类存在的意义是人类的基本方向。人们可以自由地在生活中寻找意义，虽然他们并不总是自由选择生活条件，但他们可以自由选择自己对所处条件的态度。当人们遇到无法改变的情况时，最重要的是他们对它采取的态度。本研究旨在确定脊髓损伤（SCI）后精英运动员的生活意义感，并分析对这一领域有贡献的不同方面。
该研究涉及五名在脊髓损伤前至少在国家级运动项目中取得过成绩的运动员。研究包括使用交流器进行访谈和填写两份在线问卷——个人问卷和生活目的量表。
分析定量结果，有四名参与者的生活意义感得分较高，而一名参与者的得分明显较低。
影响一个人生活目的的不是客观的身体限制，而是受伤后个人感知到的身体损失程度。精英运动员继续参与体育环境，这可以防止目的的丧失，并保持高水平的意义感。讲述自己疾病的故事和倾听他人的故事都有助于自我疗愈的过程。
