Arousal and Satisfaction during Mountain Rambling: Comparing Non-Athletes’, Mountain Athletes’ and Non-Mountain Athletes’ Views

Abstract

We explored the how non-athletes, athletes doing mountain sports, and athletes doing sports other than mountain sports use five informational cues (relatedness, autonomy, competence, risk-taking, and weather conditions) for judging the degree of arousal and the degree of satisfaction experienced during mountain rambling. Participants gave their judgment of arousal and satisfaction in 32 scenarios constructed from the orthogonal combination of these information cues. All three groups integrated the informational cues in the same way. The impact of relatedness and the impact risk-taking varied according to the judgment condition.