The psychology of rock climbing: A systematic review.

Autor: Mangan K; University of Canterbury, School of Health Sciences, Christchurch, New Zealand. Electronic address: kma377@uclive.ac.nz., Andrews K; University of Canterbury, School of Health Sciences, Christchurch, New Zealand. Electronic address: kathryn.andrews@canterbury.ac.nz., Miles B; University of Canterbury, School of Health Sciences, Christchurch, New Zealand. Electronic address: brad.miles@canterbury.ac.nz., Draper N; University of Canterbury, School of Health Sciences, Christchurch, New Zealand. Electronic address: nick.draper@canterbury.ac.nz.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Psychology of sport and exercise [Psychol Sport Exerc] 2024 Oct 09; Vol. 76, pp. 102763. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 09.
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102763
Abstrakt: Background: Psychology plays an important role in rock climbing performance and safety. Many studies have examined the psychology of rock climbing, a sport that has grown in popularity and status over the past few decades.
Objective: This systematic review aimed to summarize published research on the psychology of rock climbing, find commonalities and disagreements within the current research and illuminate future research areas.
Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted in three electronic databases (Scopus, PsycINFO and SPORTDiscus) in July 2023. Key search terms such as 'sport climbing' and 'psychology' were included and combined using the operators "AND", "OR". The search syntax initially identified 504 records. After screening abstracts and full texts, 83 studies examining the psychology of rock climbing remained.
Results: Studies were sorted by whether they measured climbing-specific or psychological variables. Climbers are conscientious, intrinsically motivated and task-oriented. Flow is brought on by novel, challenging climbing situations and increases enjoyment and performance. Climbing ability correlates with self-confidence, decision-making ability, tactile and spatial perception and anxiety facilitation. Better and more experienced climbers better manage risk with less psychophysiological effects. Weaknesses of the current body of literature and avenues for future research were highlighted.
Conclusion: Findings from this review suggest rock climbers are a unique group of athletes who balance risk with performance in different environments. Flow, confidence, anxiety facilitation and perception all play key roles in climbing performance. The optimal levels and development of these and more psychological variables have yet to be clarified by existing literature.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
(Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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