Abstract:

Anxiety defined as subjective tension which occurs with physiological stimulation as a result of threat perception. People who exposed to high altitude show physical symptoms (short of breath, heart-throb, exhaustion, nuisance, anxiety, insomnia) triggered by oxygen shortage. Except from psychological symptoms high altitudealso affects motor skills, mental competence, mood state, including anxiety, negatively. Anxiety is needed and important for climbers in terms of not reacting to the sudden changes and warning for a pause to worry about falling from mountain. For this reason it is important to find out the changing anxiety level during climbing. In this study, experimental model was used. 3 different questionnaires applied before climbing (t1), during climbing (t2) and after climbing (t3). The research group was the population. Research group consisted of 60 people who had 1-3 years climbing experience and had 21,35±1,58 avarage of age. Data were collected with State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, developed by Spielberg and et al (1970) and adapted by Öner and Le Compte (1995). The results of the study indicated that there was no statistically significant difference between the base measurements of control group and experimental group. There was no statistically significant difference between timewise change measurements of constant and state anxiety scores. There was no statistically significant difference between timewise change measurements of trait anxiety scores of experimental group. On the other hand there was statistically significant difference between timewise change measurements of state anxiety scores and this difference was between the first and the second measurements.

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