Drago Milosevic¹

¹Filozofski fakultet, Nikšić

WATERPHO BIAOR IMAGINARY EVENTS THAT SEEM REAL

STRAH OD VODE ILI UMIŠLJENI DOGA ĐAJI KOJI SE ČINE STVARNIM

Sport Mont 2007, V(12-13-14), 110-114

Abstract

Fe ars, ba sed on ra ti o nal or ir ra ti o nal, are re sult of he re dity and en vi ron ment factors, i.e. le ar ning. Child wa ter pho bia is ir ri ta ted by new en vi ron ment, unu sual si tu a tion that it me ets. Child re ac ti ons in hydrop ho bia are dif fe rent: wit hdra wal of wa ter, hi ding at tempt, ner vo us and shy ma ni fe sta tion, etc. It is pos si ble to con trol and eli mi na te wa ter pho bia in se ve ral ways. The best way is to in tro du ce child with so ur ce of fe ar and, with dif fe rent mo ve ment ac ti vi ti es (ga mes and exer ci ses), to re a li ze that one can „cha sten wa ter”, and in that way, from very un plea sant ob ject cre a te ple a su re en vi ron ment. Swim ming te ac her skill ma ni fests in his abi lity to ni cely ex pla in and de mon stra te all con tacts with wa ter and, in a prac ti cal way, eli mina te wa ter pho bia among chil dren. For har der fe ar sta te (emo ti o nal and ima gi nary), swim ming te ac her ask for help from psycho lo gist and psychot he ra pist.

Keywords

fear, fear ori gin, chil dren waterphobia, fear reaCtion, fear control, fear rejec tion.

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