{"id":7376,"date":"2022-01-11T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.underwatertales.net\/2022\/01\/11\/le-quattro-motivazioni-del-subacqueo\/"},"modified":"2022-07-07T11:15:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T09:15:15","slug":"the-divers-four-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.underwatertales.net\/en\/2022\/01\/11\/the-divers-four-reasons\/","title":{"rendered":"The divers\u2019 four reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The four reasons which impel divers to enter the diving community, to dive in sea or lake depths and to purchase the necessary equipment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

What pushes an individual to be part of the diving community? To wear a scuba tank and dive in sea or lake depths? To invest their money in order to purchase all the necessary equipment?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And above all, what pushes them to pick up a manual, to study and to succeed at ability tests and pass an exam<\/strong> to obtain the certification which enables them to dive in specific depths?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or even worse, what pushes them to face thousands of kilometres to reach the sea? To dive once, or at most twice? To go back home in the evening, with the possibility of being stuck in the weekend traffic jam, knowing that the next morning they have to get up early and go to work?<\/p>\n\n\n

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The motive<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The motive<\/strong> is the expression of the reasons why an individual acts in a certain way. From a psychological point of view, it can be defined as the set of factors which pushes an individual towards a destination or an objective<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The motive is determined by two elements. The first one is given by the individual\u2019s competences, which represent what they are able to do. The second one is given by personal values, which represent the core of ideas which guide the individual in performing common tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These two elements function as an intermediate to determine the motivational drive in a process to take action. The motivational drive is triggered, in turn, when the individual feels the need of something or an imbalance between the current situation and the desired one. Motivation pushes us to act, to satisfy our need and restore an equilibrium.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Maslow’s hierarchy of needs<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In 1954, the psychologist Abraham Maslow <\/strong>suggested a motivational model of human development based on a “hierarchy of needs<\/strong>“. In other words, several \u201cneeds<\/strong>\u201d arranged hierarchically based on the satisfaction of the basic needs are the condition to let superior needs emerge.
At the base of the pyramid, you can find the essential needs to survive<\/strong>, whereas, going up towards the top of the pyramid, you can find more immaterial needs<\/strong>. Starting from the base of the Motivational Pyramid<\/strong> (or pyramid of needs) you can find:<\/p>\n\n\n\n