Adventure Psychology: Going Knowingly into the Unknown

Paula Reid; Eric Brymer

doi:10.4324/9781003173601

In recent years a new set of psychological principles has emerged from research investigating adventure and adventurous activities. Adventure involves a special type of physical activity in natural contexts where participants voluntarily participate in experiences where the environment and activity are challenging, perhaps dangerous and potentially life threatening. To go on an adventure is to participate in an enduring event requiring sustainable effort, where effective performance is measured not only by success but also by survival. This book brings together the emerging literature in ‘Adventure Psychology’ that supports enduring performance and wellbeing. 　 The first section examines sustaining performance and wellbeing. The second section studies the transformative aspect of adventure. Adventure Psychology is of use in everyday life and the techniques and understandings can help people and business prepare for the future. This book will help us all thrive despite adversity, volatility and uncertainty. 　 Written for trainers, educators, researchers and students of sports, performance and organizational psychology as well as adventurers and endurance athletes; Adventure Psychology is designed to meet the needs of specialists across a variety of fields but importantly also to be accessible and applicable for those wanting to live life fully – to realise our full potential. Adventure Psychology: Framing the Discipline Eric Brymer and Paula Reid Adventure Psychology – A Long Past, but a Short History Peter Suedfeld Section 1: Sustaining Performance (while maintaining wellbeing) 1. The Adventurer’s Mind: Exploring Mindset, Mindfulness & Wisdom Paula Reid & Sayyed Mohsen Fatemi 2. Adventures in Extreme Environments Peter Suedfeld 3. Enduring Performance Ron Duren Jr. 4. Dealing with the Unknown Jennifer Pickett and Paula Reid 5. Adventure, Positive Psychology and Narrative: The Wellbeing Impacts of Answering the Call to Adventure Kitrina Douglas, David Carless, Paula Reid and Ruth Hughes 6. The Human-Environment Dynamic: An Ecological Dynamics Approach to Understanding Human-Environment Interactions in the Context of Adventure Psychology Tuomas Immomen, Eric Brymer, Timo Jaakkola, and Keith Davids 7. Fear Katrina V. Kessler and Eric Brymer 8. Success and Failure in Adventure Erik Monasterio 9. Sisu: Answering the Call of Adventure with Strength and Grace Emilia Elisabet Laht Section 2: Transformational Impact of Adventure 10. How can Adventure Change our Consciousness? An Exploration of Flow, Mindfulness, and Adventure Susan Houge Mackenzie 11. Adventure, Posttraumatic Growth and Wisdom Hanna Kampman and Petra Walker 12. Transformation or Transcendence: Adventure and the Sublime: A Quest for Transformation or Transcendence? Chris Loynes and Amy Smallwood 13. Giving Back to Nature: An Autoethnographic Analysis of Adventure as Transformational Vinathe Sharma-Brymer Adventure Psychology: Learnings and Implications Eric Brymer and Paula Reid Paula Reid has a Batchelor of Education (Hons) Degree and graduated with a Distinction MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology from the University of East London. Her organisation, ‘Adventure Psychology’, delivers the performance and wellbeing psychology of how to survive, cope and thrive in difficult times. She is an endurance adventurer, touring cyclist, round-the-world yachtswoman, polar explorer, and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Eric Brymer is a behavioral scientist who specialises in researching the psychology of adventure experiences, performance in extreme environments and the reciprocal nature of health and wellbeing from nature-based experiences. He holds a PhD in Adventure Psychology, a Master’s degree in Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology and postgraduate degrees in Education and Business. Eric works with and advises governments and institutional departments. He also holds research positions in health, exercise and outdoor studies in Europe, UK and Australia.

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