ブラインドサッカーにおけるボランティア経験と障害者に対する健常者の顕在態度・潜在態度との関連

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The purpose of the study is to examine if the adaptive sport of blind football is an effective way of promoting a psychological barrier-free mind set. The method used will be to compare the explicit and implicit attitudes of non-disabled individuals towards people with disabilities depending on whether they have volunteered for blind football or not. A total of 331 participants (136 in the volunteer group and 195 in the non-volunteer group) were surveyed using the UB-Finder provided by the Japan Blind Football Association to measure implicit attitudes (Implicit Association Test) and explicit attitudes (favorability towards people with disabilities), and group comparisons were made. Qualitative analysis was used to investigate the impact of the blind football on the volunteer group. The results indicated that implicit and explicit attitudes were more favorable in the volunteered group compared to the non-volunteered group. It was found that the characteristics of their experiences included admiration for the athletes and the allure of blind football. It was suggested that encountering athletes whom the volunteer group could respect contributed to their positive explicit and implicit attitudes towards people with disabilities.