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European Journal of Physical Education and Sport Science ISSN: 2501 - 1235 ISSN-L: 2501 - 1235 Available on-line at: www.oapub.org/edu Volume 3 │ Issue 6 │ 2017 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.807725 EXPECTATIONS OF PARENTS WHO ARE SENDING THEIR CHILDREN TO SWIMMING SPORTS Hüseyin Öztürk1, Ahmet Yılgın2, Fatih Armutcu3 Gaziantep University, Physical Education And 1 Sport Science Department, Gaziantep, Turkey Kilis 7 December Unıversıty, Kilis, Turkey 2 Batman University, Physical Education And 3 Sport Science Department, Batman, Turkey Abstract: This study was designed to investigate the causes of families' sending their children to swimming summer schools. The working group constitutes the parents who send their children to the summer school swimming schools in Kahramanmaras. A total of 203 people, 155 female and 48 male, participated in the research. In order to determine the reasons for sending the children to the swimming schools, the scale developed by Meral (2010) was utilized. While the findings obtained in the study were evaluated, SPSS 22.0 program was used for statistical analysis. When the study data were evaluated, with Percentage and Frequency, ANOVA and Tukey multiple comparison tests were used for t-test for two independent groups, and comparison of more independent groups. As a result of the study: it is seen that the parents and children are more likely to be concerned about the health of the children, the social relations and the development of the sense of responsibility, the higher the anxiety levels of the men compared to the women, and also there is no statistically significant difference between the education levels and the occupations and expectations. Keywords: parent, swimming, sport, expectation For downloading the full article, please access the following link: http://oapub.org/edu/index.php/ejep/article/view/805 Copyright © The Author(s). All Rights Reserved. © 2015 – 2017 Open Access Publishing Group 100