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- Social support, resilience and subjective well-being in portuguese athletes with disabilitiesPublication . Mira, Tânia Soraia Leitão; Antunes, Raul de Sousa Nogueira; Costa, Aldo Filipe Matos Moreira Carvalho daThis doctoral thesis aims to study the following variables in an integrated approach: social support, resilience, and subjective well-being in athletes with disabilities who practise adapted competitive sports. It consists of a research project divided into three studies. The first study presents a systematic review that examines the influence of adapted sports on the well-being, resilience, and social support of people with disabilities. Several databases were searched and 27 relevant studies were analysed. It concludes that adapted sport has a positive impact on the well-being, resilience, and social support of people with disabilities, contributing to their personal development, quality of life, and integration into society. The second study focuses on a socio-demographic and psychosocial characterisation of the Portuguese Paralympic Team participating in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. The study reveals high levels of life satisfaction, positive affect, resilience, and social support among these athletes, highlighting the importance of understanding the characteristics of Paralympic athletes to better understand the state of Paralympic sport in Portugal. The third study examines the relationship between different sources of social support (parents, coaches, friends, and best friends), resilience, and positive and negative affect in Portuguese athletes with disabilities. Results indicate that social support from multiple sources has a direct effect on resilience and affect. In addition, the study found a positive association between resilience and positive affect, and a negative association between resilience and negative affect, highlighting the importance of resilience for the well-being of athletes with disabilities. This research reinforces our belief in the importance of adapted sport and its role in improving the well-being and resilience of people with disabilities, as well as promoting social support. These conclusions seem fundamental to us as a rationale for defending and develop adapted sports. These should be taken into account by policy makers and various organisations when developing education and sport policies, as they illustrate the positive influence of adapted sport in improving the well-being, resilience and social support resources of people with disabilities. This, in turn, contributes to their personal development, quality of life and integration into society.