Motivation and Emotion in High-Risk-Sports
Why do some people engage in high-risk sports such as climbing, skydiving or surfing? In addition to the well-known construct of "sensation seeking", other motives and incentives such as the experience of flow as well as emotion regulation and action control will be investigated in this project.
Supervisor: M.Sc. Lisa Hepperle
Research area: My research interest is primarily related to different motivations and the experience and handling of diverse emotions in various high-risk sports (HRS) such as climbing, mountaineering, surfing or hang-gliding. In particular, the individual differences and motives of these athletes will be examined in order to better understand why they consciously expose themselves to danger and sometimes take great risks. This includes the concepts of sensation seeking as a search for new and exciting experiences as well as flow experience as an optimal state of experience. In addition, the focus is on action control and emotion regulation, especially dealing with fear in threatening situations. In addition, further aspects that can function as motivational factors are to be identified. Findings in this regard to explain the behaviour of high-risk athletes can also be useful for other (sporting) settings in the broader context.
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Free topic choice: Yes (only with thematic relevance) |
Language: German or English |