Talk:Aquaphobia

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Redirection

"Fear of water" and "afraid of water" should be redirected here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.192.35.0 (talk) 23:17, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

I took Richard Stallman away from aquafobia sufferers, there was no source provided and a quick search on google returned nothing of interest. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.63.108.125 (talk) 09:10, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Data on Americans

After reviewing the referenced document, I removed "the other" from the quote on how many Americans are afraid of deep water in pools and deep open water, as it's simply not present in the original work. (Also, 46% + 64% is over 100%, so definitely not true.) But this section could still use some work - the document referenced says that data came from another document, "Popke, M. (2009). Back to swim school. Athletic Business, 52-61.", which was very heavily referenced (9 references in the 7-page document). While anecdotal, I find it rather difficult to believe that half of Americans are afraid of swimming pools. Perhaps someone could double-check the true source material, or provide a better source for these statistics? 152.51.48.1 (talk) 15:46, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Edit: Found it: https://www.athleticbusiness.com/aquatics/adults-struggle-to-overcome-lifelong-fear-of-swimming.html 'The latest statistics, albeit from a decade-old Gallup Poll, indicate that 46 percent of American adults are afraid of deep water in pools, and 64 percent are afraid of deep open water. "I commissioned Gallup in 1998, because I knew that the number of people who were afraid was absolutely vast, but nobody would believe me," says Dash, who has been teaching adults to swim since 1983. "This way, everybody pays attention."' So, these numbers come from a 22-year-old poll commissioned by a swimming institute founder, according to this article published in an athletics magazine. Is there more recent or less potentially biased data available? 152.51.48.1 (talk) 16:05, 7 July 2021 (UTC)