Parental perception of reasons for giving up from swim practice

Odustajanje od redovitog treniranja djece problem je u velikom broju sportova. Prvi „odljev“ se opaža u dobi 10-14 godina. To je dob u kojoj se postavljaju novi i teži zahtjevi u školi, a roditeljska potpora se smanjuje. Cilj ovog rada je utvrditi na uzorku očeva i majki djece oba spola viđenje pojave razloga za moguće odustajanje od redovitog plivačkog treninga, te utvrditi rodne razlike s obzirom na spol djeteta i roditelja. Provedeno je istraživanje na uzorku 207 roditelja djece u dobi 10-14 godina koja treniraju plivanje u Zagrebu i Bjelovaru. U svrhu ovog istraživanja konstruirana je Skala roditeljskog viđenja razloga odustajanja od plivačkog treninga. Rezultati dvofaktorske univarijatne analize varijance pokazuju da nema statistički značajne razlike u roditeljkom opažanju razloga za prekid treninga plivanja bez obzira da li se radi o očevima ili majkama i da li su roditelji sinovima ili kćerima. Također, pokazano je da interakcija spola roditelja i djeteta nije statistički značajna.Giving up of regular training of children, is a large problem in many sports. The first “outflow” is noticed at the age from 10 to 14 years old. That is the age when new and hard demands are put in front of children in schools, while parental support decreases. The aim of this study is to determine, on the sample of fathers and mothers of children of both genders, the understanding of possible reasons for the abandonment of regular swim practice, and to identify gender differences with regard to the gender of the child and parents. A survey was conducted on a sample of 207 parents of children aged 10 – 14 who train swimming in Zagreb and Bjelovar. We constructed a Scale of parental perception of reasons for giving up from swim practice. The results of two-factor univariate analysis of variance show that there is no statistically significant difference in parental perception of reasons for giving up from swim practice. Regardless of whether they are fathers or mothers, and whether they are parents to sons or daughters, the results are almost equal. It is also shown that the interaction of parental gender and the one of the child is not statistically associated