@article{ref1,
title="Risk perception and risk-taking among skateboarders",
journal="Safety science",
year="2014",
author="Kern, Laurence and Geneau, Annie and Laforest, Sophie and Dumas, Alex and Tremblay, Benoit and Goulet, Claude and Lepage, Sylvie and Barnett, Tracie A.",
volume="62",
number="",
pages="370-375",
abstract="Skateboarding is considered to be a high risk activity. Although many studies have identified risk factors associated with skateboarding injuries, few have provided detailed in-depth knowledge on participants' psychological dispositions towards risk behaviors. The aim of this study was to identify individual factors associated with risk perception and risk-taking among skateboarders. Telephone interviews were conducted with 158 skateboarders (mean age = 18.1 years) recruited in 11 Montreal skateparks. Age, self-efficacy, previous injuries, fear of being injured, sensation seeking and experience level were all included in two linear regression models that were run for risk perception and risk-taking. Age, experience level, sensation seeking, and risk perception are significant explanatory variables of risk-taking. Results show that sensation seeking was the only significant factor associated with risk perception. These results allow for a better understanding of the behavior of skateboarders, they highlight the importance of impulsive sensation seeking in risk perception as well as risk-taking. This study characterizes skateboarders who take risks and provides additional information on interventions for injury prevention.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0925-7535",
doi="10.1016/j.ssci.2013.08.009",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2013.08.009"
}