Motives for participation in prolonged engagement high-risk sports: An agentic emotion regulation perspective

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 345-352

  Woodman, Tim ^a   Hardy, Lew ^a   Barlow, Matthew ^a   Le Scanff, Christine ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Agency; Alexithymia; Emotion regulation; Mountaineering; Ocean rowing; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953619769     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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