Pre- and Post-Activity Anxiety for Sustainable Rafting

This study aimed to (i) analyze the levels of state-anxiety of rafting customers, before and after the activity; and (ii) characterize the levels of trait-anxiety and the amount of physical activity performed weekly by clients of a rafting activity. The sample had 100 subjects of a nature sports company, in the rafting activity, with a mean age of 33.27 ± 10.10 years, with 44% female and 56% male participants. They were evaluated in two moments M1 (pre-activity) and M2 (post-activity). In M1, the STAI—State-Anxiety questionnaire and the IPAQ—International Physical Activity Questionnaire (short version) were applied. In M2, the STAI Form 1 State-Anxiety questionnaire was applied again, followed by the STAI trait-anxiety. The results showed no correlation between the amount of weekly physical activity and levels of trait-anxiety (rho(100) = −0.144; p-value = 0.152), thus not corroborating with the existing literature. Regarding state-anxiety, we found that in 55% of cases, it decreased with the practice of rafting, which suggests that the practice may have an anxiolytic effect and promote the well-being and relaxation of participants promoting, in this way, the sustainability of the rafting activity.

Description

Funding: This research received no external funding.

Keywords

State-anxiety Trait-anxiety Outdoor Nature sport

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/8555

Citation

Faria, J., Quaresma, L., Cataldi, S., Clemente, F. M., Bonavolontà, V., Badicu, G., Greco, G., Brandão, A., De Candia, M., Frontini, R., Latino, F., & Fischetti, F. (2022). Pre- and Post-Activity Anxiety for Sustainable Rafting. Sustainability, 14(9), 5075. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14095075