The impact of water safety skills on primary school students high-risk swimming behaviors: a moderated mediation model.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To investigate the relationship between water safety skills and high-risk swimming behaviors and the underlying mechanisms of self-efficacy and water safety knowledge.

Methods

Water safety skills, self-efficacy, water safety knowledge, and high-risk swimming behaviors were investigated in 1573 primary school student using a questionnaire.

Results

(1) After controlling for gender, age, and grade, there was a significant positive effect of water safety skills on high-risk swimming behaviors [β = 0.062, 95%CI (0.037, 0.088), p < 0.01]; (2) self-efficacy partially mediated the relationship between water safety skills and high-risk swimming behavior [β = 0.050, 95%CI (0.039, 0.060), p < 0.01]; and (3) the mediating role of self-effi

SUBMITTER: Tan Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12484138 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature