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We concluded that the findings from this study support that the FWAQ is a valid scale that effectively identify people with fear of water. Keywords: swimming assessment, coaching, drowning, testing, swimming.
New Zealand Youth Water Safety Survey 2003. A report to Water Safety New Zealand. Moran, K. (2006). Re-thinking drowning risk: The role of water safety knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours in youth aquatic recreation. A thesis submitted to Massey University in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education.
A question on student perceptions of drowning risk (see survey question 20, Appendix 1) was designed to elicit perceptions of personal risk in five water-based scenarios that portrayed various degrees of potential danger using a four point scale that included no risk, slight risk, high risk or extreme risk. These scenarios ranged in potential ...
9 maj 2024 · The Water Safety Knowledge Scale (WSKS) was used to evaluate the competence level of water safety knowledge. The Drowning Risk Perceptions Scale (DRPS) was used to evaluate the risk level of perceptions, and the Drowning Risk Attitudes Scale (DRAS) was used to evaluate the risk level of attitudes.
1 wrz 2014 · Research relating to drowning deaths among young adults (both male and female) has predominantly focused on a small number of key risk factors including alcohol and drug use; risk-taking behaviour; and swimming ability.
We used the Drowning Risk Behaviors Scales (DRBS) to evaluate the risk of drowning behaviors. The Water Safety Knowledge Scale (WSKS) was used to evaluate the competence level of water...
10 lis 2024 · For more than a decade, drowning prevention researchers and practitioners in Western Australia (WA) have worked in partnership to design and evaluate evidence-informed programmes. This paper describes formative research to develop ‘Make the Right Call’ (MTRC), an adult water safety programme in WA.
