Risk and safety in Nature and Adventure Sports: risks perceived by rafting guides

João Faria; António Brandão; Filipe Clemente; Ricardo Lima; Luís Quaresma

doi:10.6063/motricidade.32039

Risk and safety in Nature and Adventure Sports: risks perceived by rafting guides

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João Faria Escola Superior de Desporto e Lazer https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4048-0489
António Brandão Escola Superior Desporto e Lazer, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo
Filipe Clemente scola Superior Desporto e Lazer, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo
Ricardo Lima Escola Superior Desporto e Lazer, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo
Luís Quaresma Departamento de Ciências do Desporto, Exercício e Saúde, Universidade Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4917-0727

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.32039

Keywords:

rafting, danger, risk, nature and adventure sports

Abstract

The aim of this study is to identify the risk factors that are perceived by guides in the rafting activity.

We have applied a questionnaire to 39 rafting guides from Iberia and Latin America, with a mean age and standard deviation respectively of 37.49 ± 12.16. The participants were asked about their mental representation of the risk they experience in the Rafting modality.

Data analysis and processing was performed using N-Vivo 10 software. To organize and subsequently analyse the risks identified by the guides, a "tree" was created based on two pillars: human factors and environmental factors. The human factors were subdivided into physiological; operational; emotional and psychological; cognitive; group behavior; and means of rescue. The environmental factors were subdivided into the geomorphological and meteorological dimensions, fauna and flora.

The guides with 76.3% of the propositions and environmental factors with 23.7% of the propositions identified human factors. The most perceived risk factor was the human factor, with greater expression in the dimension "operational", concluding that the greater perception of risk is in factors controlled by man.

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2024-12-31

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Faria, J., Brandão, A., Clemente, F., Lima, R., & Quaresma, L. (2024). Risk and safety in Nature and Adventure Sports: risks perceived by rafting guides. Motricidade, 20(S1). https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.32039

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Vol. 20 No. S1 (2024): CIDESD International Congress 2023

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