Fear: Friend or Foe? A Qualitative Analysis of Fear in Extreme Sports

Date of Award

2021

Document Type

Doctoral Research Paper

Degree Name

Psy.D.

Organizational Unit

Graduate School of Professional Psychology

First Advisor

Artur Poczwardowski

Second Advisor

Tracy Vozar

Third Advisor

Justin Ross

Keywords

Extreme sports, Fear, Behavioral strategies, Qualitative research, Acceptance and commitment therapy

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to understand how athletes interact with fear while engaging in their sport. In order to explore this question, a qualitative research design—specifically interpretative phenomenological analysis—was used to analyze the data, which were collected via semi-structured interviews.

Publication Statement

Copyright held by the author. Permanently suppressed.

Extent

40 pgs

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