The effect of swimming in meltdown reaction among children with autism / Maisarah Mohd Saleh … [et al.]

This study conducted to identify the effect of swimming in reducing meltdown in children with autism in Pusat Akuatik Darul Ehsan. The study focused on effect of before and after swimming towards children with autism at Pusat Akuatik Darul Ehsan. There were 25 children with autism aged between 4 to...

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Main Authors: Mohd Saleh, Maisarah, Abd Hamid, Siti Fadhillah, Abd Razak, Fatin Aqilah, Sabadri, Saidatul Nur Syuhadah, Mohd Rafi, Nur Natasya Nadeeya
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Sport Science and Recreation, Universiti Teknologi MARA 2019
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30243/
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author Mohd Saleh, Maisarah
Abd Hamid, Siti Fadhillah
Abd Razak, Fatin Aqilah
Sabadri, Saidatul Nur Syuhadah
Mohd Rafi, Nur Natasya Nadeeya
author_facet Mohd Saleh, Maisarah
Abd Hamid, Siti Fadhillah
Abd Razak, Fatin Aqilah
Sabadri, Saidatul Nur Syuhadah
Mohd Rafi, Nur Natasya Nadeeya
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description This study conducted to identify the effect of swimming in reducing meltdown in children with autism in Pusat Akuatik Darul Ehsan. The study focused on effect of before and after swimming towards children with autism at Pusat Akuatik Darul Ehsan. There were 25 children with autism aged between 4 to 7 years old were involved. The instrument used in this study was The Multidimensional Assessment of Preschool Disruptive Behavior (MAP-DB) questionnaire. The parents with autism kids were asked to answer the questionnaires before swimming class and after 2 months of swimming classes to evaluate their children. Paired t-test was used to identify the differences effect between before swimming and after swimming. The result showed that all the components of the MAP-DB questionnaire have significant effects in reducing meltdown towards autism (p=0.000). In a nutshell, this study implied that that swimming had significant effect for autism kids in reducing meltdown.
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spelling uitm-302432020-05-05T06:23:34Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30243/ The effect of swimming in meltdown reaction among children with autism / Maisarah Mohd Saleh … [et al.] mjssr Mohd Saleh, Maisarah Abd Hamid, Siti Fadhillah Abd Razak, Fatin Aqilah Sabadri, Saidatul Nur Syuhadah Mohd Rafi, Nur Natasya Nadeeya Games and amusements Relation to psychology. Sports psychology Aquatic sports. Water sports This study conducted to identify the effect of swimming in reducing meltdown in children with autism in Pusat Akuatik Darul Ehsan. The study focused on effect of before and after swimming towards children with autism at Pusat Akuatik Darul Ehsan. There were 25 children with autism aged between 4 to 7 years old were involved. The instrument used in this study was The Multidimensional Assessment of Preschool Disruptive Behavior (MAP-DB) questionnaire. The parents with autism kids were asked to answer the questionnaires before swimming class and after 2 months of swimming classes to evaluate their children. Paired t-test was used to identify the differences effect between before swimming and after swimming. The result showed that all the components of the MAP-DB questionnaire have significant effects in reducing meltdown towards autism (p=0.000). In a nutshell, this study implied that that swimming had significant effect for autism kids in reducing meltdown. Faculty of Sport Science and Recreation, Universiti Teknologi MARA 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30243/1/30243.pdf Mohd Saleh, Maisarah and Abd Hamid, Siti Fadhillah and Abd Razak, Fatin Aqilah and Sabadri, Saidatul Nur Syuhadah and Mohd Rafi, Nur Natasya Nadeeya (2019) The effect of swimming in meltdown reaction among children with autism / Maisarah Mohd Saleh … [et al.]. (2019) Malaysian Journal of Sport Science and Recreation <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Malaysian_Journal_of_Sport_Science_and_Recreation.html>, 15 (2). pp. 12-19. ISSN 1823-3198 https://mjssr.com/journal
spellingShingle Games and amusements
Relation to psychology. Sports psychology
Aquatic sports. Water sports
Mohd Saleh, Maisarah
Abd Hamid, Siti Fadhillah
Abd Razak, Fatin Aqilah
Sabadri, Saidatul Nur Syuhadah
Mohd Rafi, Nur Natasya Nadeeya
The effect of swimming in meltdown reaction among children with autism / Maisarah Mohd Saleh … [et al.]
title The effect of swimming in meltdown reaction among children with autism / Maisarah Mohd Saleh … [et al.]
title_full The effect of swimming in meltdown reaction among children with autism / Maisarah Mohd Saleh … [et al.]
title_fullStr The effect of swimming in meltdown reaction among children with autism / Maisarah Mohd Saleh … [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed The effect of swimming in meltdown reaction among children with autism / Maisarah Mohd Saleh … [et al.]
title_short The effect of swimming in meltdown reaction among children with autism / Maisarah Mohd Saleh … [et al.]
title_sort effect of swimming in meltdown reaction among children with autism / maisarah mohd saleh … [et al.]
topic Games and amusements
Relation to psychology. Sports psychology
Aquatic sports. Water sports
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30243/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30243/