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Eric Brymer
Researcher at Australian College of Applied Psychology
Publications - 114
Citations - 2900
Eric Brymer is an academic researcher from Australian College of Applied Psychology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Outdoor education & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 101 publications receiving 2311 citations. Previous affiliations of Eric Brymer include Leeds Beckett University & Victoria University, Australia.
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The relationship between nature relatedness and anxiety.
Patricia Martyn,Eric Brymer +1 more
TL;DR: Qualitative results indicated that connection to nature was significantly related to lower levels of overall, state cognitive and trait cognitive anxiety and opportunities that enhance experiences of being connected to nature may reduce unhelpful anxiety.
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The role of nature-based experiences in the development and maintenance of Wellness
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show how human wellness is strongly connected to their relationship with the natural world and how non-human nature could be better utilised for enhancing human health and wellness.
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Extreme Sports: A Positive Transformation in Courage and Humility
Eric Brymer,Lindsay G. Oades +1 more
TL;DR: The authors explored what can be learned from extreme sports about courage and humility, and found that humility and courage can be deliberately sought out by participating in activities that involve a real chance of death, fear, and the realization that nature in its extreme is far greater and more powerful than humanity.
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Extreme sports are good for your health: A phenomenological understanding of fear and anxiety in extreme sport:
Eric Brymer,Robert Schweitzer +1 more
TL;DR: This paper explored participants' experience of fear associated with participation in extreme sports and found that participants' experiences of extreme sports were revealed in terms of intense fear, but this fear was integrated and experienced as a potentially meaningful and constructive event in their lives.
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The Relationship between the Physical Activity Environment, Nature Relatedness, Anxiety, and the Psychological Well-being Benefits of Regular Exercisers.
TL;DR: Results indicate that somatic anxiety is lower for outdoor physical activity participation, and that outdoor activity, in conjunction with autonomy and NRexp, predicts lower anxiety levels.