Why do we climb mountains? An exploration of features of behavioural addiction in mountaineering and the association with stress-related psychiatric disorders.
Alpine sports
Behavioral addiction
Exercise addiction
Mental health
Mountaineering
Journal
European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience
ISSN: 1433-8491
Titre abrégé: Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9103030
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2023
Apr 2023
Historique:
received:
01
03
2022
accepted:
02
08
2022
medline:
12
4
2023
pubmed:
19
8
2022
entrez:
18
8
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Common knowledge implies that individuals engaging in outdoor sports and especially in regular and extreme mountaineering are exceptionally healthy and hardened. Physical activity in outdoor environments has a positive effect on physical and mental health. However, regular and/or extreme mountaineering might share similarities with behavioural addictions and could thus also have a negative impact on health. In this cross-sectional web-based questionnaire study, we collected data on exercise and mountaineering addiction (Exercise Addiction Inventory; original and adapted version for mountaineering; Exercise Dependence Scale adapted version for mountaineering). Further surveyed parameters included mountaineering habits, Risk-Taking Inventory, Sensation-Seeking/Emotion Regulation/Agency Scale (SEAS), resilience, self-perceived stress, physical activity in metabolic units and mental health. Comparisons were performed between individuals with symptoms of addiction to mountaineering (MA) and individuals without symptoms of addiction to mountaineering or sports in general (CO) using non-parametric analyses. We analysed data from 335 participants, n = 88 thereof with addiction to mountaineering (MA) and n = 247 control participants (CO). The MA group scored significantly higher with regards to self-perceived stress (p < 0.001) and included a significantly higher number of individuals affected by symptoms of depression (p < 0.001), symptoms of anxiety (p < 0.001), symptoms of eating disorders (p < 0.001), alcohol abuse or dependence (p < 0.001), illicit drug abuse (p = 0.050), or current and history of psychiatric disorders (p < 0.001). Individuals with MA showed higher values in all SEAS subscales as well as increased risk-taking (p < 0.001). Regular and extreme mountaineering can display features of a behavioural addiction and is associated with psychiatric disorders. Behavioural addiction in mountaineering is associated with higher levels of sensation-seeking, emotion regulation, and agency, as well as increased risk-taking.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35980451
doi: 10.1007/s00406-022-01476-8
pii: 10.1007/s00406-022-01476-8
pmc: PMC10085896
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
639-647Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s).
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