Extreme Sports and Mental Health Questionnaire
1. Extreme Sports and Mental Health
Thank you for taking time to complete this questionnaire. I am studying Adventure Coaching at Glasgow Kelvin College and for the research unit I would like to find out if extreme sports can help people with mental health conditions or hinder them. I have created this questionnaire to gather qualitive accounts and real life experiences. Please feel free to add as much or as little information as you like, I appreciate that the subject is sensitive. I am interested in finding out if extreme sports have an impact on mental health conditions. (I have limited the options in questions 1 and 2 as these are the conditions and activities I will be focusing on. I understand people may have other mental health conditions and activities they experience)
1. Have you ever experienced any of the following mental health conditions? (Please tick all that apply)
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2. How long have you been diagnosed? *
3. Do you take part in any of the following extreme sports? (Please tick all that apply)
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4. How long have you been involved in your extreme sport and how often do you participate? Daily/ weekly/ monthly? Please provide some details. *
5. Did you take part in extreme sports before you were diagnosed with your mental health condition?
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6. How does your mental health condition affect your life on a daily/ weekly or monthly basis? *
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7. How do you feel BEFORE participating in your extreme sport? *
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8. How do you feel AFTER participating in your extreme sport? *
9. Have you ever experience the "Flow State" whilst participating in your extreme sport?
10. Have you ever experienced any hurdles or had any negative experiences when practicing your extreme sport because of your mental health condition? Please provide some details.
11. Looking back, has participating in extreme sports affected any other areas of your life? positively or negatively?
12. Thank you for taking part in this questionnaire. I appreciate that opening up about such a sensitive topic may be hard and I am thankful for your honesty and time. Your answers are completely confidential and will go towards my research unit in adventure coaching and sports development.
In the following box please feel free to detail any other experiences you have had whilst participating in an extreme sport and having a mental health condition.