Abstract
Paralympic sport provides an opportunity for people with disabilities to achieve significant heights of functional capabilities, thereby increasing their ability to personal development and integration into society. The issues of inclusion related to the organization of preparation for competitions from the point of view of studying the psychological characteristics of Paralympians are one of the central problems of modern society. The aim of the study was to study the characteristics of sports motivation and hardiness of Paralympians. The study involved 60 Paralympic athletes, and 3 methods were used: E.A. Kalinin's MSA, Tropnikov's methodology for the motives of sports activity, and the test of resilience in the adaptation of Leontiev, Rasskazova. The peculiarities of sports motivation and hardiness of Paralympians were revealed depending on sex and level of sports qualifications. It is shown that hardiness and control are the key constructs of the motivational system of Paralympians. The conducted research is of particular value for the further development of Kazakhstani sports psychology, which in recent years has begun to pay great attention to Paralympians, studying the characteristics of their sports motivation and hardiness. Keywords: Paralympic sports, sports motivation, motivational profile, hardiness.