Hierarchy of basic needs satisfaction and its association with demographic characteristics of veterans and disabled athletes in Khorasan Razavi

The purpose of this study to determine the hierarchy of basic needs satisfaction and its association with demographic characteristics of veterans and the disabled athlete in the Khorasan province. The statistical population of this study was the veterans and the disables athlete of Khorasan-e Razavi province among which 181 were selected randomly as the sample. Measurement Instrument was a questionnaire of 20 questions of basic needs satisfaction in sport (Johan et al, 2011). Face and content validity of questionnaire was accepted after translation by professors Physical Education specialists and by using Cronbach’s alpha test the reliability of questionnaires were found to be 0.83 respectively. The research method is descriptive which has been done through field method. Descriptive scales and Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistical tests, T-test, ANOVA, Hoc Bonferroni and Friedman were used to analyze the data. The result of Kolmogorov-Smirnov test confirmed the normality of data. Results showed that the basic needs satisfaction based on gender and marital status, there is no significant difference between subjects (P>0.05). Also check the basic needs satisfaction of veterans and disabled athletes on the basis of disability, sport and age, there is a significant difference between groups by ANOVA confirmed. Bonferroni post hoc test results indicated that the difference between the blind and disabled athletes with physical and mental disabilities is a significant move (P≤0.05). Also, sitting volleyball, swimming and field athletes Bochiya with table tennis, basketball, swimming, athletics, sports Bastani and Golbal significant difference exists. Between age and basic needs satisfaction a significant positive relationship (r=0.216, P=0.003) was observed. The results showed that Friedman's rank order from first to fifth each of the factors include: Competence, Relatedness, Choice, Volition and Internal perceived locus of causality.