台灣四面環海，近年來水域活動發展迅速，衝浪運動成為許多人的首選，此類冒險性休閒活動具有一定程度的危險性，但從事者卻仍絡繹不絕，根據Greenberg 等(1997)及Solomon 等(1991)所提出的恐懼管理理論(Terror management theory; TMT)探究其參與者在面對恐懼與危險時的心理歷程，許多研究發現，當從事者的衝浪自我效能較高時，就較不會產生恐懼感，但從事者是屬於年輕族群或低自尊者，他們可能會利用從事冒險性休閒活動來提升自尊與自我價值。本文欲藉由文獻的回顧以提供未來研究者探究衝浪客所產生的矛盾心理歷程。

There were the oceans in surroundings of Taiwan. The aqua-activity was very quickly to develop in Taiwan. The surf was been the first choose. This kind of risk recreation had the danger in the activity, but there still had many players to participate. According to Terror management theory explored the psychology process when the player faced to phobia and danger (Greenberg et al., 1997; Solomon et al., 1991). Many researchers found, when the participant had higher surfing self-efficacy who got lower fear. However, when the participant was yang or low self-esteem, who used risk recreation activity to improve their self-esteem and self-value. This study wanted to review reference to search the mental course of contradiction in surfers for future study.