Open AccessDeath anxiety in outdoor-adventure recreation
Author(s) -
Güney Çetinkaya,
Mehmet Ali Özçelik
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
kinesiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1848-638X
pISSN - 1331-1441
DOI - 10.26582/k.53.1.9
Subject(s) - anxiety , recreation , adventure , psychology , scuba diving , climbing , clinical psychology , death anxiety , physical therapy , demography , medicine , psychiatry , geography , oceanography , archaeology , sociology , political science , computer science , law , geology , operating system
This study investigated the death anxiety (DA) scoresof participants in outdoor-adventure recreational (OAR) activities, and the relationshipof the DA scores to several demographic features and experience of DA. The studyincluded 589 individuals with various leisure-time OAR experience levels (131 women,458 men; Mage=29.79±9.64). Their sports included climbing (n=200),scuba diving (n=142), and paragliding (n=247). DA was measured by the Thorson-Powell Death Anxiety Scale . Overall,the DA scores were low, with no significant differences between OAR activities.However, the DA scores were affected by age and gender, and length of OARexperience. More specifically, the DA scores were highest for 18-28-year-oldparticipants, women, and participants with 4-6 years of middle-level OAR experience.Previous negative DA experiences did not increase the DA scores.