Clough Peter, Houge Mackenzie Susan, Mallabon Liz, Brymer Eric
Department of Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.
Department of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Administration, California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, USA.
Sports Med. 2016 Jul;46(7):963-8. doi: 10.1007/s40279-016-0503-3.
Adventurous physical activity has traditionally been considered the pastime of a small minority of people with deviant personalities or characteristics that compel them to voluntarily take great risks purely for the sake of thrills and excitement. An unintended consequence of these traditional narratives is the relative absence of adventure activities in mainstream health and well-being discourses and in large-scale governmental health initiatives. However, recent research has demonstrated that even the most extreme adventurous physical activities are linked to enhanced psychological health and well-being outcomes. These benefits go beyond traditional 'character building' concepts and emphasize more positive frameworks that rely on the development of effective environmental design. Based on emerging research, this paper demonstrates why adventurous physical activity should be considered a mainstream intervention for positive mental health. Furthermore, the authors argue that understanding how to design environments that effectively encourage appropriate adventure should be considered a serious addition to mainstream health and well-being discourse.
传统上，冒险性体育活动被视为一小部分具有异常性格或特征的人的消遣方式，这些人纯粹出于刺激和兴奋而自愿冒巨大风险。这些传统观念带来的一个意外后果是，冒险活动在主流健康与幸福话语以及大规模政府健康倡议中相对缺失。然而，最近的研究表明，即使是最极端的冒险性体育活动也与心理健康和幸福状况的改善有关。这些益处超越了传统的“性格塑造”概念，并强调了更多依赖有效环境设计发展的积极框架。基于新出现的研究，本文阐述了为何冒险性体育活动应被视为促进积极心理健康的主流干预措施。此外，作者认为，理解如何设计能有效鼓励适度冒险的环境，应被视为对主流健康与幸福话语的重要补充。
