Pre- and Post-Activity Anxiety for Sustainable Rafting

Sustainability

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Roberta Frontini¹  Luis Quaresma²  João Faria²  Michele De Candia³  Valerio Bonavolontà³  Gianpiero Greco³  Francesca Latino³  Stefania Cataldi³  Francesco Fischetti³  Georgian Badicu⁴  Filipe Manuel Clemente⁵  António Brandão⁵ 

[1] Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechCare), Polytechnic of Leiria, 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal;

[2] Departamento de Ciências do Desporto, Exercício e Saúde, Universidade Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal;

[3] Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Study of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy;

[4] Department of Physical Education and Special Motricity, University Transilvania of Brasov, 500068 Brasov, Romania;

[5] Escola Superior Desporto e Lazer, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Rua Escola Industrial e Comercial de Nun’Álvares, 4900-347 Viana do Castelo, Portugal;

关键词: state-anxiety;    trait-anxiety;    outdoor;    nature sport;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su14095075

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This study aimed to (i) analyze the levels of state-anxiety of rafting customers, before and after the activity; and (ii) characterize the levels of trait-anxiety and the amount of physical activity performed weekly by clients of a rafting activity. The sample had 100 subjects of a nature sports company, in the rafting activity, with a mean age of 33.27 ± 10.10 years, with 44% female and 56% male participants. They were evaluated in two moments M1 (pre-activity) and M2 (post-activity). In M1, the STAI—State-Anxiety questionnaire and the IPAQ—International Physical Activity Questionnaire (short version) were applied. In M2, the STAI Form 1 State-Anxiety questionnaire was applied again, followed by the STAI trait-anxiety. The results showed no correlation between the amount of weekly physical activity and levels of trait-anxiety (rho(100) = −0.144; p-value = 0.152), thus not corroborating with the existing literature. Regarding state-anxiety, we found that in 55% of cases, it decreased with the practice of rafting, which suggests that the practice may have an anxiolytic effect and promote the well-being and relaxation of participants promoting, in this way, the sustainability of the rafting activity.

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