2025 Volume 28 Pages 1-19
We conceptualized the risk management ability of mountaineers from the viewpoint of the practical intelligence, and examined measurability of the ability based on the Mountaineering Practical Intelligence Questionnaire (MPIQ) and the Situational Judgment Test (SJT). The survey was conducted three times from February 2021 to March 2023. 1182 mountaineers participated. In addition to the MPIQ and SJT, face items, Critical Thinking Attitude scale, Risk-taking scale, questions about difficult mountaineering experience, learning methods (six items), as well as experience of incidents were conducted. As a result, the MPIQ yielded three highly correlated factors that can be interpreted as Coping with uncertainty, Planning for uncertainty, and Advance planning and preparation. Multiple regression analysis revealed high R2 model with significant βs for difficult mountaineering experience, Critical Thinking, interpersonal learning, and medium learning to MPIQ. SJT was interpreted to measure the tendency to attend on and to respond to distant but potentially fatal risk sources according to the situations. Multiple regression analysis revealed βs were significant for the experience of difficult mountaineering, experience as leaders, and interpersonal learning but R2 was low. In addition, SJT and MPIQ generally had significant but low correlation coefficients. Based on these results, we discussed issues regarding the structure and measurement method of practical Intelligence for mountaineers' risk management.
