Extreme Altitude Mountain Climbing Decreases Sensation Seeking Score and Increases the Anxiety Level

Dicle ARAS; Fırat AKÇA; Özkan GÜLER; Abdulkadir BİROL; Göktuğ ERTETİK; Güney ÇETİNKAYA; Cengiz AKALAN

doi:https://doi.org/10.35235/uicd.465913

Makale detayları

Extreme Altitude Mountain Climbing Decreases Sensation Seeking Score and Increases the Anxiety Level

Yazarlar:

Dicle ARAS | Fırat AKÇA | Özkan GÜLER | Abdulkadir BİROL | Göktuğ ERTETİK | Güney ÇETİNKAYA | Cengiz AKALAN

Yayıncı:

Zeynel KARACAGİL

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi:

International Journal of Human Studies 2018 Vol.1 Issue 2, pp.222-234

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2018

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000642852

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2636-8641

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35235/uicd.465913

Özet:

 


Background: The aim of the current paper was to compare the anxiety and sensation
seeking levels of the mountaineers in the urban environment and at the
extremely high altitude.


Material and methods: A total of seven male mountaineers participated in the study voluntarily.
The participants filled out the Zuckerman’s Sensation Seeking Scale-Form V
(SSS-V, 1994) and Spielberger’s State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI, 1983)
for the first time in the urban conditions and for the second time in the last
camp at 6400m of the two summits of 7105m and 7134m. The scores of four
different sub-scales of the SSS-V, which are boredom susceptibility (BS),
disinhibition (D), experience seeking (ES), and thrill and adventure seeking
(TAS), were also evaluated.


Results: Results showed a significant difference between trait and state anxiety
scores (p= 0.004). Although there were 12.8% of change on general SSS, 22.61%
on BS, 13.70% on ES, and 18.43% on TAS scores, these changes were not
statistically significant.







Conclusions: Extreme altitude climbing leads to an increase in the anxiety levels
of the mountaineers. Furthermore, the SSS-V scores, except the D score, of the
mountaineers decreased in the extreme altitudes, but these changes were not
statistically significant.


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Makale detayları

Extreme Altitude Mountain Climbing Decreases Sensation Seeking Score and Increases the Anxiety Level

Yazarlar: Dicle ARAS | Fırat AKÇA | Özkan GÜLER | Abdulkadir BİROL | Göktuğ ERTETİK | Güney ÇETİNKAYA | Cengiz AKALAN

Yayıncı: Zeynel KARACAGİL

Ana Başlıklar: Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi: International Journal of Human Studies 2018 Vol.1 Issue 2, pp.222-234

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 12/2018

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000642852

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

eISSN: 2636-8641

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35235/uicd.465913

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Dicle ARAS | Fırat AKÇA | Özkan GÜLER | Abdulkadir BİROL | Göktuğ ERTETİK | Güney ÇETİNKAYA | Cengiz AKALAN

Yayıncı:

Zeynel KARACAGİL

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi:

International Journal of Human Studies 2018 Vol.1 Issue 2, pp.222-234

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2018

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000642852

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2636-8641

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35235/uicd.465913