| Autor: |
Chu-Min Liao, Yu-Win Ho, Ling-Wen Huang, Chi-Chung Lee, Li-Yun Wang, Wen-Hsiu Tsai |
| Předmět: |
|
| Zdroj: |
Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology; Jul2007 Supplement, Vol. 29, pS182-S183, 2p |
| Abstrakt: |
According to terror management theory (TMT), death reminders will increase the tendency of risk taking. This is because risk taking is a way to enhance self-esteem and validating culture worldview, and will buffer the anxiety of mortality. In the work of Miller and Taubman-Ben-Ari (2004), scuba divers with lower levels of diving-related self-efficacy reported a higher level of intentions to take risk than did their counterparts, when mortality salience was induced. This study attempted to examine whether the effects of mortality salience induction on intentions of risk taking remained for individuals from a culture in which risk taking may not be approved in general (i.e., Taiwanese). Male surfers (N = 29) from Taiwan were assigned to either a mortality salience or a control condition. Levels of surfing-related self-efficacy were measured and participants were identified as high-efficacy or low-efficacy surfers by medium. After the induction of mortality salience or a placebo procedure, the intentions to engage in risky surfing were tested. A 2 x 2 ANOVA showed neither significant main effects nor condition by self efficacy interaction on intentions of risk taking. It seemed that, for Taiwanese, death reminders will not increase the tendency of risk taking because it is not a means to higher self-esteem and validation of culture worldview in their culture. These results, however, need to be interpreted with caution owing to the limited number of participants in this study and warrant more studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
| Externí odkaz: |
|
