TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1991//
TI  - Arousal-seeking in risk sport participants
JO  - Personality and individual differences
A1  - Kerr, John H.
SP  - 613
EP  - 616
VL  - 12
IS  - 6
N2  - Three independent studies, involving male Australian, Dutch and British subjects, were carried out to examine arousal-seeking (paratelic dominance) in regular performers of risk and safe sports. Research participants comprising samples of risk, safe and, in one case, non-sporting individuals completed the Telic Dominance Scale (TDS). The results indicated that: (a) Australian surfers and sailboarding groups scored similarly and significantly lower than a weight training group on all three TDS subscales and on overall telic dominance; (b) Dutch parachutists and motor-cycle racers scored significantly lower on the arousal avoidance TDS subscale than marathon runners; (c) British glider pilots scored significantly lower on the arousal avoidance TDS subscale than a non-sporting sample of the general public. The findings generally support the view, from reversal theory, that individuals who perform risk sports on a regular basis are arousal seekers.<p />
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SN  - 0191-8869
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0191-8869(91)90258-D
ID  - ref1
ER  -