A Cross-Sectional View of Fear of Death and Dying Among Skydivers

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13629644
AutoresJames D Griffith (0000-0001-9043-0984, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA, USA, autor de correspondencia), Muath Gassem (Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA, USA), Christian L Hart (0000-0003-3990-0068, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX, USA), Lea T Adams (Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA, USA), Rikki H Sargent (0000-0002-5247-0181, Shippensburg University), Rikki Sargent (Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA, USA)
Año2015
Volumen77
Número2
Páginas173-187
Fecha de publicación2015-08-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0030222815600178
PMID29676684
OpenAlexW2461849657
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas28

The literature lacks a consistent pattern on the relationship between attitudes toward death and dying across occupations and recreational pursuits. The present cross-sectional study categorized a group of individuals engaging in a high-risk recreational activity (i.e., skydivers) on the basis of experience and classified them into student, intermediate, and experts. There were more negative attitudes of death and dying among student skydivers compared with more experienced skydivers. It was also found that expert skydivers had more negative attitudes toward death and dying on some of the measures compared with the intermediate level experienced skydivers. It may be the case that factors such as perceived personal control, overconfidence, and metacognition may be related to these observed differences between the two more experienced groups of skydivers. The possibility of the factors playing a role in skydivers' attitudes toward death and dying should be taken into consideration in the training programs for skydiving

Cross-sectional study · Overconfidence effect · Recreation · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking · Clinical Psychology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Medicine · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychology · Social Psychology