Abstract

This study purpose to investigate the relationships water safety incidents, aquatic anxiety, and intention to continuous of elementary students participating in survival swimming. The study participants 358 elementary grades 3 to 6 experience participating in survival swimming. Statistical analysis using the SPSS, AMOS. The analysis included reliability, correlation, exploratory factor, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation modeling. First, aquatic safety incidents were found to be partially influenced by aquatic anxiety. Second, aquatic safety incidents were found to partially affect the intention to continue. Third, aquatic anxiety was found to partially influence the intention to continue. Conclusion, It can be understood that elementary school students participating in survival swimming should receive pre-education on water safety incidents related to swimming pools/water parks, boats, water safety education, in order to reduce underwater anxiety and sustain survival swimming. Comparing the intention to continuous in survival swimming based on pre-swimming experience, it would greatly contribute to the activation of survival swimming.

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