Sensation Seeking and Spatial Ability in Athletes: an Evolutionary Account

Hromatko, Ivana; Butković, Ana

doi:10.2478/v10078-09-0001-x

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“…The significance of this factor was also confirmed by the distribution of sten scores: almost 70% of the women in the study received high scores. These results are consistent with the findings of Hromatko and Butković [22], who found intergender differences in sensation seeking. Men were characterised by higher scores in disinhibition, while women were characterised by higher scores in experience seeking.…”

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Sensation Seeking as one of the Motivating Factors for Performing Skydiving

Bołdak

Guszkowska²

2016

Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism

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Introduction. For some time, the issue of participating in high-risk sports, including skydiving, has been linked to the trait of sensation seeking, but skydivers do not constitute a homogeneous group in terms of this factor. The aim of the study was to determine the role of the need for sensation in performing skydiving and to examine whether the importance of this factor differs depending on gender. Material and methods. The study included a total of 143 skydivers (98 men and 45 women) aged from 17 to 49 years with different levels of expertise in skydiving. In total, 73 respondents were categorised as novices, and 70 were considered experts. Novice skydivers were defined as having completed no more than 10 jumps in their lives. Expert skydivers were persons who had made at least 100 jumps in their lives and had a licence to perform skydiving independently, without instructor supervision. The need for stimulation was measured using the Sensation Seeking Scale IV by Zuckerman, in its Polish version by Oleszkiewicz-Zsurzs. Results. Since a high proportion of individuals with a strong need for sensation was found among both men and women, it can be concluded that it is an important factor in primary selection in skydiving (when the sport is undertaken), regardless of gender. Conclusions. The significance of sensation seeking as a factor in secondary selection in skydiving (when the sport is being performed) differs depending on the particular dimension of sensation seeking and gender. Susceptibility to boredom is probably a significant factor in secondary selection in women.

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Sensation Seeking as one of the Motivating Factors for Performing Skydiving

Bołdak

Guszkowska²

2016

Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism

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“…Girls may have denied both practice and perceptual sense of SS activities due to family and social pressures or lack of tolerance. This result of our study is consistent with the results of the studies which concluded that males are higher than women in SS level [25][26][27]. In a study interests and preferences of SS, Buswell and James [28] examined 332 students of a university who were majoring in health, physical education, recreation and elementary education; the results referred to significantly higher scores for males in SS.…”

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Sensation Seeking and Locus of Control in University Students in the Context of Regular Exercise Participation and Gender

Tekin¹,

Tekin²,

Çalışır³

2017

ujer

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The aim of this study is to determine the locus of control (LC) and sensation seeking (SS) levels of university female students according to regular exercise participation (REP) and gender (G). This descriptive study was initiated in 2016 and finished in 2017. A total of 623 students, 306 females and 317 males, from different academic departments and universities in Turkey participated in the study. Sensation Seeking and Internal-External Locus of Control (IELC) Scales were used as data collecting materials. The independent t-test was performed in the analysis of the data. The meaning level was accepted as p<0.05 and confidence interval was 95%. SS level of the male is higher than the female (t=-4,091, p=,000<0.05) and the female have higher level of LC than the male (t=4,418, p=,000<0.05). REP was a critical factor for SS (t=6,580, p=,000<0.05) and LC t=-2,584, p=,010<0.05). There was no difference between female REPG and NREPG for LC (t=-1,012, p=,312>0.05) but SS (t=11,331, p=,000<0.05). Additionally; there was no difference between male REP and non-REP groups for SS (t=1,027, p=,305>0.05) but LC (t=-4,133, p=,000<0.05). Further researches are a need to approve the result of this study.

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“…7 In the other studies that performed in three categories of sports, males had better spatial ability on average compared to females in all categories.However, there are different significances on each category. 11 There are significant differences between low risk sports activity (running, athletics, and gymnastic) and high risk sports activity (parachuting, scuba diving, skiing, and mountain climbing), while on moderate risk sports activity (football, basketball, and handball), there is no significant difference.…”

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“…Several studies had reported differences and other studies had reported no differences at all. 8,[10][11] However, it is not known whether occupation or daily activities influence spatial ability, such as what is happened to in athletes.…”

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Comparison of Spatial Ability Between Male and Female Athletes

Putri¹,

Lubis²,

Ong³

2017

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Background: Spatial ability is the ability to understand and memorize spatial relationship beneficial objects. This domain of cognition is crucial in sport activity for deciding strategy. Sex is one of the factors that determine spatial ability. This study aimed to determine the comparison of spatial ability between male and female athletes. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted by non-pairing comparative method. Data were taken on September 2015 in Indonesian National Sport Committee (Komite Olahraga Nasional Indonesia, KONI) Sport Center, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Spatial instrument used was Spatial Ability Test 1. Subjects were recruited from athletes of KONI, West Java, aged between 19-27 years old who were being trained for 19th National Sports Weeks (Pekan Olahraga Nasional, PON XIX) 2016. Mean value between male and female were compared using studies T-test with significance value (p)<0.05. Results: The total samples were 95 subjects, consisting of 44 males and 51 females. Results of the mean value in male were 29.16 (± 3.48) and female 28.80 (± 3.74).By using studies T-test, the significance outcome found was p = 0635 (p >0.05). Conclusions: There is no spatial ability differencesbetween male and female athletes of KONI, West Java

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Sensation Seeking and Spatial Ability in Athletes: an Evolutionary Account

Cited by 6 publications

References 49 publications

Sensation Seeking as one of the Motivating Factors for Performing Skydiving

Sensation Seeking as one of the Motivating Factors for Performing Skydiving

Sensation Seeking and Locus of Control in University Students in the Context of Regular Exercise Participation and Gender

Comparison of Spatial Ability Between Male and Female Athletes

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