본 연구의 목적은 지체장애인의 생활체육 참여가 노화불안 및 주관적 삶의 질에 미치는 영향을 규명하는데 있다. 본 연구의 대상은 편의표집방법을 이용하여 부산, 울산, 경남지역에 거주하며 생활체육에 참여 중인 지체장애인 295명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였으며, 자료처리는 SPSS 25.0 프로그램을 이용하여 탐색적 요인분석, 단순회귀분석, 중다 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 지체장애인의 생활체육 참여는 노화불안의 하위변인에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 지체장애인의 생활체육 참여는 주관적 삶의 질의 하위변인에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 지체장애인의 노화불안이 주관적 삶의 질의 하위변인에 부분적으로 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of participation in sports for people with physical disabilities on aging anxiety and subjective quality of life. To achieve the purpose of the study, a survey was conducted on 295 people with physical disabilities living in Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam and participating in sports for life, and data processing was conducted using the SPSS Window Version 25.0 program. The results are as follows. First, it was found that participation in sports for people with physical disabilities had a significant effect on fear of loss, fear of the elderly, concern about physical appearance, and psychological instability, which are sub-variables of aging anxiety. Second, it was found that participation in sports for people with physical disabilities had a significant effect on living environment, friends and interpersonal relationships, physical and mental health, consciousness, and economic activities, which are sub-variables of subjective quality of life. Third, among the sub-variables of aging anxiety of people with physical disabilities, fear of loss was found to have a significant effect on living environment, friends and interpersonal relationships, consciousness and economic activity, which are sub-variables of subjective quality of life, and it was found that it did not affect physical and mental health.