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The doctoral thesis at the University of Murcia for Colodro Joaquin Plaza has applied psychology to dive to identify psychological skills can face unexpected situations, risky or emergency occur underwater or in extreme environments.
The research determines the psychological variables involved in human adaptation to a means-end demands in terms of biophysical, psychophysiological and specific techniques of diving and individual differences in intelligence, personality and anxiety to cope with the stressors underwater environment.
The author, a military psychologist in the Dive Center of the Navy, defines the specific psychological profile of the diver on the Spanish population and the unique profile based on the level of adaptation and performance under water.
The data obtained indicate the usefulness of dispositional variables to predict a significant proportion of yield and adaptation in diving with multiple regression models and logistics.
As a theoretical contribution, will test a causal model of psychological fitness for diving, which highlights the importance of emotional adjustment and adaptability to the anxiety in order to control the vulnerability to stress exposure and functionally overcome the problems performance and adaptation that occur during a dive.
Overall, the results confirm the importance of individual differences in intelligence, personality and emotional reactions to assess the psychological fitness for diving.
The thesis was supervised by professors from the University of Murcia of Enrique Javier Garcés Fayos Ruiz and Juan Jose Lopez Garcia, the department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment and Basic Psychology and Methodology, respectively, and has had the support of the Psychology Service of the Armed Forces.
Source: Universidad de Murcia
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