Abstract

The objective of our research project was to establish the influence of natural (place of residence) and social (parents, family, school) environment on the rate of mountaineering activity of a child. Our sampling group consisted of 233 subjects (age 11,4 ± 0,3 years), who were all in fifth grade of elementary school in Slovenia. One part of the children resided in Ljubljana and its surroundings, while the other part resided in mountainous environment. The results showed that most of the children made one to three mountaineering trips per year within their family circle, as well as within their school activity programme. Natural environment from which they originate does have an impact on the rate of their mountaineering activity as the children living close to the mountains make mountaineering trips more often within the frame of their school activities, while children living in urban environment go to the mountains more often with their parents. Parents with their good example have a major impact on the rate of mountaineering activity of their child. Most of the children from mountaineering families like to go to the mountains. Mountaineering is more popular with the children who have mountaineering organised within the frame of their school activities. Verf.-Referat