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Hi Quesera If you could have the look at on the other poll in 'safety and training' i offer an explanation pretty much saying that the study is examining exaclty what you have just pointed out

>Every time we jump out of a plane we do all those things. That doesn't mean that we are "risk takers". >>Well, it sorta does. If you deliberately put yourself in danger, you're a risk taker. We just consider the reward to be worth the risk. That is exactly what we are hoping to examine 'additional risk taking' (or not) whilst participating in a high risk sport (you have already taken a risk by jumping fair anough but are you willing to take further risks e.g unfamiliar manouvers etc during that jump?)

Thanks for your comments. The study is looking at behaviours whilst engaging and not reasons i.e motives for engaging. In addition to try and understand most of these sports, i did participate in amongst many, a skydive in order to understand the sports better. I hope i haven't offended anyone by asking you to take part in my study and do not view respondants as 'lab monkeys', but rather a key asset in understanding my research question further and hopefully contributing to future research in the psychology of risk taking in high risk sports environments.

Hi, Thanks, as expressed this is the first study of its kind and without doubt expected flaws etc, as with most research in its infancy, this is a learning curve. With regards to the questions, we tried to make them applicable to as many high- risk sports as possible, which has been difficult (interviews, cutting down from a total of 634 questions etc) When we designed the questionnaire, there had been an option for respondants to enter thier email address on completion. However thanks to my IT department this feature was not included. When i noticed the error , they could not edit it. Hoping to rectify their mistake i asked respondants to email me (on the details provided on the information sheet). I realise that this is not ideal, but i did try and deal with the issue the best i could considering that the mistake was no fault of my own. I hope that people would be honest enough, to fill out the questionnaire then email me. It is by no means my intention to mislead anyone. I hope that explains your concerns. Many thanks

Thanks for your comments. Basically this is the first study hoping to examine risk taking BEHAVIOURS in high risk sports environments. Most published papers on the topic of often looked at sensation seeking, emotion regulation, percieved risk, agency etc which are more MOTIVES for engaging or in some cases disengaging. In relation to the lack of depth in the study, as its the first, we are infact testing a 2factor hypothesis concluded in a French paper examining teenage snowboarders behaviours. If these factors prove true. Then we can hopefully go into more depth. I hope you can appreciate that i cannot reveal too much about the study on here. So i am more than happy to answer questions/discuss via email ([email protected]) I very much appreciate all your comments. Many thanks

Hi JohnRich Indeed you are right, because you participate in a 'high risk sport' does not necessarily mean you a risk-taker (as that is what is often assumed) and thats exactly what the questionnaire is hopefully trying to measure, once validated. thanks

Hi sorry keith, i thought 'Et cetera' would suffice as I am hoping to cover an extensive range of high-risk sports. My apologies.

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Hi All I'm a postgraduate student at Bangor University looking to develop a questionnaire to measure risk taking behaviours in high risk sport environments. If you participate in high-risk sports, for example, rock climbing, snowboarding, bouldering, sailing, skateboarding, base jumping, kayaking, trials biking etc, and you have 10 minutes to spare, and fancy winning up to £100, please click on the link below for more details: http://www.bangor.ac.uk/~pepa28/ PLEASE NOTE: To be in with a chance of winning please email me!!! Thank you Comille Bandura