A web-based study of bipolarity and impulsivity in athletes engaging in extreme and high-risk sports

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Titel: A web-based study of bipolarity and impulsivity in athletes engaging in extreme and high-risk sports
Beteiligte: Dudek, Dominika; Siwek, Marcin; Jaeschke, Rafał; Drozdowicz, Katarzyna; Styczeń, Krzysztof; Arciszewska, Aleksandra; Chrobak, Adrian A.; Rybakowski, Janusz K.
Erschienen in: Acta Neuropsychiatrica
Erschienen: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2016
Sprache: Englisch
DOI: 10.1017/neu.2015.44
ISSN: 0924-2708; 1601-5215
Schlagwörter: Biological Psychiatry ; Psychiatry and Mental health
Zusammenfassung: <jats:sec id="S0924270815000447_abs1" sec-type="general"><jats:title>Background</jats:title><jats:p>We hypothesised that men and women who engage in extreme or high-risk sports would score higher on standardised measures of bipolarity and impulsivity compared to age and gender matched controls.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec id="S0924270815000447_abs2" sec-type="methods"><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><jats:p>Four-hundred and eighty extreme or high-risk athletes (255 males and 225 females) and 235 age-matched control persons (107 males and 128 females) were enrolled into the web-based case-control study. The Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) and Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) were administered to screen for bipolarity and impulsive behaviours, respectively.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec id="S0924270815000447_abs3" sec-type="results"><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>Results indicated that extreme or high-risk athletes had significantly higher scores of bipolarity and impulsivity, and lower scores on cognitive complexity of the BIS-11, compared to controls. Further, there were positive correlations between the MDQ and BIS-11 scores.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec id="S0924270815000447_abs4" sec-type="conclusion"><jats:title>Conclusion</jats:title><jats:p>These results showed greater rates of bipolarity and impulsivity, in the extreme or high-risk athletes, suggesting these measures are sensitive to high-risk behaviours.</jats:p></jats:sec>
Beschreibung: <jats:sec id="S0924270815000447_abs1" sec-type="general"><jats:title>Background</jats:title><jats:p>We hypothesised that men and women who engage in extreme or high-risk sports would score higher on standardised measures of bipolarity and impulsivity compared to age and gender matched controls.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec id="S0924270815000447_abs2" sec-type="methods"><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><jats:p>Four-hundred and eighty extreme or high-risk athletes (255 males and 225 females) and 235 age-matched control persons (107 males and 128 females) were enrolled into the web-based case-control study. The Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) and Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) were administered to screen for bipolarity and impulsive behaviours, respectively.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec id="S0924270815000447_abs3" sec-type="results"><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>Results indicated that extreme or high-risk athletes had significantly higher scores of bipolarity and impulsivity, and lower scores on cognitive complexity of the BIS-11, compared to controls. Further, there were positive correlations between the MDQ and BIS-11 scores.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec id="S0924270815000447_abs4" sec-type="conclusion"><jats:title>Conclusion</jats:title><jats:p>These results showed greater rates of bipolarity and impulsivity, in the extreme or high-risk athletes, suggesting these measures are sensitive to high-risk behaviours.</jats:p></jats:sec>
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