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This study is to compare the degree of satisfaction with life and self-esteem of Portuguese elite athletes of adapted sport according to the modality practiced, gender and sport experience. The sample consisted of 30 Portuguese elite athletes, 15 of adapted Athletics and 15 of Boccia, aged between 17 and 54 years (31.03 ± 10.26). The sports experience of these athletes was 13.33 (± 9.0) years of practice, in which 20 were male and 10 were female and all these athletes have disabilities. A questionnaire on biographical data, Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener et al., 1985), the Self-Anchoring Rating Scale (Cantril, 1965) and the Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965) translated and adapted by (Bandeira et al., 2005) were applied. The questionnaire to assess subjective well-being (Translate adapted by (Fortes-Ferreira et al., 2006). The t-test was used to compare levels of satisfaction with life and self-esteem according to modality, sex, and years of practice. The results of this study allow us to conclude that Portuguese adapted athletes (8,83±4,71) and bocce (5,53±4,52) present there are statistically significant differences (0.050) in self-esteem between. The lower functional capacity, as well as the severity of Boccia athletes' deficiency, which requires the use of ancillary means, may be a reason to justify the fact that they present lower values of self-esteem than athletes. The same reason may justify a lower level of satisfaction with the lives of athletes with any less more sporting experience (25,47±4,33) than more sporting experience (28,85±4,63) since they are also older athletes.

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