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Correlation between the attachment of children onto mother and the behaviour of children in swimming practice
Petra Fišer & Zlatka Cugmas
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Abstract: The associations between children's attachment to their mothers and their behaviour during swimming practice was examined. 100 infants, toddlers and their mothers participated in the research. Children's age ranged from 5 to 36 months. The quality of child's attachment was established with the use of Scale of his/her attitude towards the parents (Cugmas, 2007), whereas the scale of Child behaviour in swimming practice (Fišer, 2006) was used to determine the characteristics of infants and toddlers during swimming practice. The results had shown that children are mostly motivated in the activity, intererested in environment and also show lively behaviour. Most of them show secure attachement towards their mothers. The hypothesis, stating that there is a correlation between child's attachment onto the mother and his/her behaviour in swimming practice, is supported.
Keywords: attachment, exercise, swimming, infants, toddlers
