The Dream of Becoming a Better Swimmer-The Study of Exercise Belief Among School Student Swimmers' Parents

• Main Authors: Kuang-Yi Chang, 張廣頤
• Other Authors: Chia-Yao Lee
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/pkt447

碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 體育學系碩士班 === 103 === The Dream of Becoming a Better Swimmer-The Study of Exercise Belief Among School Student Swimmers' Parents Abstract Students can obtain many benefits from joining sport team. However, they also have to make efforts and accept challenges of tough training. Even though there are a lot of ordeals and challenges during training, the parents still permit their children to join the swimming team. Parents’ attitudes toward joining swimming team are alternative. Some parents are opposed first and then turn to be supportive gradually while others show support in the beginning but changes after joining. It is difficult to present the transformation of intimate thoughts by statistic numbers. Therefore, the researcher aimed to understand the mental process through qualitative research method. The participants were four pairs of parents whose children had experienced joining swimming team for two more years. Data were collected by deep interviews and participant observations. And then, data were coded to verbatim text before analyzing. The results showed that the sports experiences of parents influenced their beliefs of supporting their children joining swimming team. Moreover, if parents’ educational beliefs tended to be respectful and flexible, parents would take care of their children and adjusted their thoughts whenever necessary. In the process, parents and children showed mutual influences. Furthermore, the polarization of parents’ attitudes toward joining sport team was related to the reasons of children joining swimming team and parents’ athletic experiences. Various factors in the process of joining swimming team made parents believe that the participation was beneficial for students’ development. Some students’ healthy situation got improved while others became better and more optimistic in learning attitudes and behaviors. The main reason of parents kept supporting was that parents obviously saw the progress of their children after joining swimming team. Key Words: Swimmers in Elementary School:Athletic Belief:Athlete Going for Further Study