Objective of the study was to profile and rank self-control in women`s Paralympian athletics. Methods and structure of the study. We sampled for the study the 21 to 25-year-old female Paralympians (n=8) competing in track and field events with musculoskeletal system disabilities and having varying sports qualifications and competitive experiences. Their self-control was rated by a questionnaire survey by E.F. Bazhin, E.A. Golynkina and A.M. Etkind [5]. The questionnaire survey assumes the individual self-control ratable by a general internality index that factors in the success internality, failure internality, family internality, professional internality, interpersonal internality and health internality. Results and discussion. The study data and analyses showed the female Paralympians` self-control dominated by the internal ones, with the success internalities tested the highest in the sample and growing with the competitive progress. The sample was tested lowest on the health internality scale - that may be interpreted as indicative of health being not a key self-control factor for the sample. We also found the adaptive sports facilitating the interpersonal and family internalities i.e. encouraging the positive and proactive behavioral strategies in women with disabilities.
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