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Mapping Risk Judgment and Risk Taking in Mountain Hiking: An Information Integration Approach.
Eric Fruchart1, Patricia Rulence-Pâques2
1University of Perpignan Via Domitia, Font-Romeu, France.
Perceptual and Motor Skills
|March 14, 2024
Summary
Mountain hikers exhibit distinct risk-taking behaviors based on how they integrate confidence factors. Understanding these risk positions, influenced by environmental, team, and self-confidence, is key for safer hiking tourism.
Area of Science:
- Psychology of risk perception
- Tourism safety research
- Human decision-making
Background:
- Risk analysis is crucial for sustainable hiking tourism.
- Understanding hiker decision-making regarding risk is vital.
- Confidence in self, team, and environment influences risk perception.
Purpose of the Study:
- To map hiker risk judgment and risk-taking positions.
- To analyze how confidence factors are integrated.
- To identify distinct risk profiles among mountain hikers.
Main Methods:
- Utilized questionnaire data from 395 mountain hikers.
- Applied cluster analysis to identify risk positions.
- Employed statistical analyses (ANOVA, chi-square, correlation) to examine relationships.
Main Results:
- Identified three distinct risk positions based on information integration rules (additive, disjunctive).
- Confidence in environment, team, and self negatively impacted risk judgment but positively influenced risk-taking.
- Cluster composition varied with participant sex.
Conclusions:
- Information integration strategies significantly differentiate hiker risk behavior.
- Findings offer insights for enhancing safety protocols in hiking tourism.
- Tailoring risk communication based on integration rules can improve hiker safety and promoter strategies.
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