Personality, self-efficacy and risk-taking in parkour (free-running)

Merritt, Christopher; Tharp, Ian J.

doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2013.03.001

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“…Personality characteristics which had impacts on risk taking behavior, were to be outgoing, frank and conscious (Leea & Tsengb, 2015). In a research about personality, self-competence and risk taking, significant relations were determined between self-competence, neuroticism (a personality characteristic defined as tension and emotional imbalance), consciousness and risk taking (Merritt & Tharp, 2013). These research findings support our study.…”

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Examining Risk-Taking Behavior and Sensation Seeking Requirement in Extreme Athletes

Ağılönü¹,

Baştuğ²,

Mutlu³

et al. 2017

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Extreme sports are sport branches which include actions, adventures, risks and difficulties more rather than other sports. Special materials are used in sport branches such as surfing, kite surfing, sailing, snowboarding, paragliding, diving, mountaineering, motor sports and adrenaline release is more rather than in other sport branches. On the contrary, the situation for being eager to seek excitement and take risks with a view to having new experiences has been observed. It has been considered whether sensation seeking requirement and risk-taking behavior had effects upon each other. The aim of the study was to analyze sensation seeking and risk-taking behavior in extreme athletes. Total 101 extreme athletes including 31 females, 70 males with an age average of 22.03 ± 6.77 participated in the research. In order to determine athletes' sensation seeking levels, "Arnett Inventory of Sensation Seeking" developed by Arnett (1994) and in order to determine their risk-taking behavior, "Risk Involvement and Perception Scale" developed by Siegel et al. (1994) were used. In evaluation of research data, frequency analysis, independent t test, in determination of relation between risk-taking and sensation seeking, correlation test were utilized.In conclusion, significant differences were found in risk-taking behavior, sensation seeking requirement and gender variable among the extreme athletes. In the male athletes sensation seeking requirement and risk-taking behavior had higher averages than the female athletes. Among the extreme athletes, significant relations were determined between risk-taking behavior and sensation seeking requirement. When risk-taking behavior values were high, sensation seeking requirement values were regarded to be high.

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Examining Risk-Taking Behavior and Sensation Seeking Requirement in Extreme Athletes

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Baştuğ²,

Mutlu³

et al. 2017

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“…Participation in sports might be related to lower conscientiousness in adolescence, especially as participation in sports does predict increased risky behavior (Modecki, Barber, & Eccles, 2014). Low conscientiousness is related to participating in risky sports (Tok, 2011) and taking more risks in high-risk sports (e.g., parkour or free-running; Merritt & Tharp, 2013). However, other elements of sports might be related to higher conscientiousness.…”

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Participation in organized activities protects against adolescents’ risky substance use, even beyond development in conscientiousness

McCabe¹,

Modecki²,

Barber³

2018

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Adolescents are at a significant risk for binge drinking and illicit drug use. One way to protect against these behaviors is through participation in extracurricular activities. However, there is a debate about whether highly conscientious adolescents are more likely to participate in activities, which raises the concern of a confound. To disentangle these relationships, we tested the latent trajectories of substance use and personality across three years, with participation in activities and sports as time-varying predictors. We surveyed 687 adolescents (55% female, 85.4% Caucasian) in Western Australia schools across 3 years. At Time 1, the students were in Year 10 (mean age 15 years). The results showed that participation in activities and conscientiousness are related, but each uniquely predicts slower growth in substance use. Across waves, participation in activities predicted less risky substance use a year later, over and above conscientiousness development. These results suggest that there may be unique benefits of participation in activities that protect against risky substance use.

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“…To better understand the processes connecting personality traits to athletic success, researchers have recently begun to explore associations between personality traits and discrete athletic behaviors. It has been found that sport participants with high levels of conscientiousness use better preparation strategies (Woodman, Zourbanos, Hardy, Beattie, & McQuillan, 2010), take fewer reckless risks (Merritt & Tharp, 2013), and use more effective coping strategies (Kaiseler, Polman, & Nicholls, 2012) before and during athletic competitions. It has also been found that sport participants with high levels of extraversion or low levels of neuroticism respond to unsuccessful outcomes with more positive cognitive and emotional symptoms (Allen, Greenlees, & Jones, 2014) and that sport participants with high levels of agreeableness or conscientiousness report more favorable relationships with their teammates ( Jackson, Dimmock, Gucciardi, & Grove, 2010) and coaches ( Jackson, Dimmock, Gucciardi, & Grove, 2011).…”

Section: Personality In Sport Performancementioning

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The Role of Personality in Sport and Physical Activity

Allen

Laborde

2014

Curr Dir Psychol Sci

140

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There is now good evidence that athletic success and participation in physical activity can be predicted by personality traits. In this article, we review new studies that have contributed to our understanding of these relationships and outline potential avenues of inquiry to support the development of personality-trait research in exercise and sport. Our review identified a number of novel findings from contemporary studies. In the context of sport performance, new studies have demonstrated that personality traits relate to long-term athletic success, interpersonal relationships, and athletes' psychological states before, during, and after competitions. In the context of health-related exercise, new studies have demonstrated that personality traits relate to leisure-time sitting time, strength and mobility in old age, and unhealthy (addictive) exercise behaviors. There is also evidence that physical activity contributes to personality change. Our recommendations include a more targeted focus on adolescence (as this is the age of greatest change in personality and sport participation) and a greater consideration of consultant personality traits in applied research and professional practice (given their role in intervention effectiveness).

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Personality, self-efficacy and risk-taking in parkour (free-running)

Cited by 47 publications

References 25 publications

Examining Risk-Taking Behavior and Sensation Seeking Requirement in Extreme Athletes

Examining Risk-Taking Behavior and Sensation Seeking Requirement in Extreme Athletes

Participation in organized activities protects against adolescents’ risky substance use, even beyond development in conscientiousness

The Role of Personality in Sport and Physical Activity

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