본 연구의 목적은 여성 지체장애인을 대상으로 12주간 좌식배구 프로그램 참여가 신체조성과 혈중지질 및심리적 웰빙에 미치는 영향을 규명하는 것이다. 연구대상은 A시에 거주하는 B장애인복지센터 회원 중 운동 경험이 전혀 없는 40세 이상의 여성 지체장애인 총 20명을 대상으로 실험집단 10명(지체기능장애 8명, 관절장애2명)과 통제집단 10명(지체기능장애 7명, 관절장애 3명)을 무작위로 할당하였다. 측정된 자료는 IBM SPSS Statistics 19.0 통계프로그램을 이용하여 집단 별 종속변인의 평균과 표준편차를 산출하였다. 집단 간 차이는 사전검사 측정값을 공변인으로 하여 사후검사 측정값을 서로 비교하는 공분산분석(Analysis of Convariance)법을적용하였으며, 통계적 유의수준은 .05로 설정하였다. 연구결과, 첫째, 좌식배구 프로그램 참여는 여성 지체장애인의 신체조성 중 체지방율은 감소시키고 제지방량은 증가시켰다. 둘째, 좌식배구 프로그램 참여는 여성 지체장애인의 혈중 총콜레스테롤과 중성지방은 감소, 고밀도지단백콜레스테롤은 증가시켰다. 셋째, 좌식배구 프로그램 참여는 여성 지체장애인의 심리적 웰빙의 대인관계, 자아수용, 개인적 성장, 환경지배력에 긍정적 영향을미쳤다. 따라서 12주간의 좌식배구 프로그램은 여성 지체장애인들의 신체활동의 감소로 저하된 생리적 변화의개선뿐만 아니라 심리적 웰빙에 매우 긍정적인 영향을 미친다.
The purpose of this study is to find how participation in 12 weeks of regular sitting volleyball program is affecting body composition, blood lipid, and psychological well-being of physically disabled females, and to suggest an index for physiological and psychological effects of physically disabled females. The study target was total 20 female disabled persons of over 40s who do not have any experience of exercise among members of B disabled people’s welfare center in A city, and they were randomly classified into an experimental group of 10 people (8 persons with physical disability and 2 persons with joint disability) and a control group of 10people (7 persons with physical disability and 3 persons with joint disability). The measured data used IBM SPSS Statistics 19.0 program and the average standard deviation between the experimental group and the control group was calculated with each dependent variable. The average comparison between two groups was analyzed through analysis of covariance that makes the measurement value of pretest as covariance variable and compares the measurement value of posttest, and the statistical significant level was set as .05. The results of study are as follows. First, participation in the sitting volleyball program decreased body fat and increased fat-free mass among body composition of physically disabled females. Second, participation in the sitting volleyball program decreased the total cholesterol of blood lipid, triglycerides, and increased high density lipoprotein cholesterol of physically disabled females. Third, participation in the sitting volleyball program had a positive effect in personal relations of psychological well-being, self-realization, personal competence, and power of control in environment of physically disabled females. Thus, 12 weeks of sitting volleyball program resulted improvement of decrease in physical activity and physiological change of physically disabled females, and it brings very positive results in psychological well-being, which is a psychological factor.