Extreme sports are good for your health: A phenomenological understanding of fear and anxiety in extreme sport

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 477-487

  Brymer, Eric ^a   Schweitzer, Robert ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

anxiety; extreme sports; fear; natural world; phenomenology; well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPORT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXERTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPORTS;

EID: 84876589253     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105312446770     Document Type: Article

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