Climbing and mountaineering sports are gaining more and more public interest. This
chapter reviews scientific studies on injuries and accidents in climbing and mountaineering …

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the present study was to explore possible multiple motives for
participation in different adventure sports. DESIGN: Qualitative design, specifically an …

Para-and hang-gliding are modern air sports that developed in the 20th century. Performers
should possess technical skills and manage certified equipment for successful flight. Injuries …

Although high-risk sport participants are typically considered a homogenous risk-taking
population, attitudes to risk within the high-risk domain can vary considerably. As no …

People who have difficulty identifying and describing their emotions are more likely to seek
out the experience of emotions in the high-risk domain. This is because the high-risk domain …

Background: Previous research has focused on the positive consequences of flow, an
intrinsically rewarding state of deep absorption. In contrast, the present research links flow to …

Background/objectives: Sensation seeking is closely related to practicing high-risk sports.
This domain offers individuals an opportunity to achieve an increased level of arousal …

The experience of emotions and their cognitive control are based upon neural responses in
prefrontal and subcortical regions and could be affected by personality and temperamental …

This chapter is aimed to understand the influence of emotions on human performance. As a
background, we chose to present research done in the sport domain, a real-world and highly …

Research has now debunked the standpoint that high-risk sports participants are a
homogenous group of sensation seekers (Barlow et al., 2013); the process of agentic …