Salar Sarvin, Jorgić Bojan M, Olanescu Mihai, Popa Ilie Danut
Department of Sport Injuries and Corrective Exercises, Faculty of Physical Education, University of Guilan, Rasht 41996-13776, Iran.
Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Niš, 18000 Niš, Serbia.
Healthcare (Basel). 2024 Dec 2;12(23):2420. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12232420.
Children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders tend to participate in less physical activity. The purpose of this study was to identify barriers to physical activity participation in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) based on parental reports.
The sample comprised 370 children and adolescents with ASD, aged 8-20 years. Simple random sampling was selected. We designed a questionnaire and used the survey method for data collection. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.
The results revealed several barriers to physical activity participation: interpersonal barriers were the top priority, followed by friends and peers as well as psychological factors as the second and third priorities. Additionally, family, cognition, management and planning, social and cultural factors, and skills were identified as the fourth through eighth barriers, respectively.
Understanding these barriers is crucial for developing effective school- and community-based strategies to promote physical activity participation.
患有自闭症谱系障碍的儿童和青少年往往较少参与体育活动。本研究的目的是根据家长报告确定自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童和青少年参与体育活动的障碍。
样本包括370名8至20岁的患有ASD的儿童和青少年。采用简单随机抽样。我们设计了一份问卷，并使用调查方法收集数据。使用描述性和推断性统计分析数据。
结果揭示了参与体育活动的几个障碍：人际障碍是首要障碍，其次是朋友和同龄人以及心理因素，分别列为第二和第三大障碍。此外，家庭、认知、管理与规划、社会和文化因素以及技能分别被确定为第四至第八大障碍。
了解这些障碍对于制定有效的基于学校和社区的策略以促进体育活动参与至关重要。
