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Self-Transcendence in Mountaineering and BASE Jumping
The “extreme sports” of mountaineering and BASE Jumping are growing in popularity and are associated with significant risk of injury and death. In recent years there have also been increasing numbers of reports of reckless disregard and selfishness in the pursuit of mountaineering goals, including s...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6334742/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30687161 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02686 |
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description | The “extreme sports” of mountaineering and BASE Jumping are growing in popularity and are associated with significant risk of injury and death. In recent years there have also been increasing numbers of reports of reckless disregard and selfishness in the pursuit of mountaineering goals, including severe environmental degradation. Extant research has focused predominantly on personality variables that contribute to engagement, participation, and stress responsivity in these extreme sports. The Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) provides a comprehensive account of personality traits, measuring seven dimensions of personality that are moderately heritable and associated with distinct brain networks and psychological characteristics. One of these traits is Self-Transcendence, which is associated with spiritual ideas and experiences, such as searching for something elevated and greater than one's individual self. High Self-Transcendence can motivate people to act altruistically even if that requires personal sacrifices and hardship. This article draws on the extant research literature, which has consistently found that despite substantial heterogeneity in their individual personality profiles, mountaineers, and BASE jumpers are adventurous in temperament and highly self-controlled and organized in character. Between 75 and 85% of the character configurations observed in these populations are associated with low Self-Transcendence. The purpose of this paper is to consider the role of Self-Transcendence and its effect on individual personality profiles of extreme athletes, in particular in moderating potentially self- destructive, and regressive ethical and moral behaviors in mountaineering and BASE jumping. |
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spelling | pubmed-63347422019-01-25 Self-Transcendence in Mountaineering and BASE Jumping Monasterio, Erik Cloninger, C. Robert Front Psychol Psychology The “extreme sports” of mountaineering and BASE Jumping are growing in popularity and are associated with significant risk of injury and death. In recent years there have also been increasing numbers of reports of reckless disregard and selfishness in the pursuit of mountaineering goals, including severe environmental degradation. Extant research has focused predominantly on personality variables that contribute to engagement, participation, and stress responsivity in these extreme sports. The Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) provides a comprehensive account of personality traits, measuring seven dimensions of personality that are moderately heritable and associated with distinct brain networks and psychological characteristics. One of these traits is Self-Transcendence, which is associated with spiritual ideas and experiences, such as searching for something elevated and greater than one's individual self. High Self-Transcendence can motivate people to act altruistically even if that requires personal sacrifices and hardship. This article draws on the extant research literature, which has consistently found that despite substantial heterogeneity in their individual personality profiles, mountaineers, and BASE jumpers are adventurous in temperament and highly self-controlled and organized in character. Between 75 and 85% of the character configurations observed in these populations are associated with low Self-Transcendence. The purpose of this paper is to consider the role of Self-Transcendence and its effect on individual personality profiles of extreme athletes, in particular in moderating potentially self- destructive, and regressive ethical and moral behaviors in mountaineering and BASE jumping. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-01-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6334742/ /pubmed/30687161 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02686 Text en Copyright © 2019 Monasterio and Cloninger. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Monasterio, Erik Cloninger, C. Robert Self-Transcendence in Mountaineering and BASE Jumping |
title | Self-Transcendence in Mountaineering and BASE Jumping |
title_full | Self-Transcendence in Mountaineering and BASE Jumping |
title_fullStr | Self-Transcendence in Mountaineering and BASE Jumping |
title_full_unstemmed | Self-Transcendence in Mountaineering and BASE Jumping |
title_short | Self-Transcendence in Mountaineering and BASE Jumping |
title_sort | self-transcendence in mountaineering and base jumping |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6334742/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30687161 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02686 |
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