China Safety Science Journal ›› 2017, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (3): 7-12.doi: 10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2017.03.002

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Exploring factors influencing students water high-risk practices based on grounded theory

ZHANG Hui1, WANG Bin2, LUO Shi2, XIA Wen3   

  1. 1 School of Physical Education,Hubei University for Nationalities,Enshi Hubei 445000,China
    2 School of Physical Education,Central China Normal University,Wuhan Hubei 430079,China
    3 School of Physical Education,Yunnan University, Kunming Yunnan 650091,China
  • Received:2016-12-28 Revised:2017-02-16 Published:2020-11-22

Abstract: The aim of this study was to explore the factors influencing students' water high-risk practices. 24 participants (18 students, 3 lifeguards, 3 swimming teachers) were interviewed by means of semi-structured interview method based on the grounded theory. The interview materials were analysed through open coding, axial coding, and selective coding in turn. The results show that there are two main categories of influential factors, personal factors and environmental factors. Personal factors contain six subcategories, water safety knowledge, water safety skills, risk perception, drowning experiences, overconfidence, and sensation seeking. Environmental factors contain four subcategories, behaviors control of parent, affiliation with deviant peers, safety education of school, water environment. As a result, a theoretical model was built for the factors influencing students' water high-risk practices.

Key words: grounded theory, students, water high-risk practices, influence factors, model

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