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

  • Dominika Dudek, Marcin Siwek, Rafał Jaeschke, Katarzyna Drozdowicz, Krzysztof Styczeń, Aleksandra Arciszewska, Adrian A. Chrobak, Janusz K. Rybakowski
  • Journal:
    Acta Neuropsychiatrica / Volume 28 / Issue 3 / June 2016
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    20 July 2015, pp. 179-183
  • Background

    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.

    Methods

    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.

    Results

    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.

    Conclusion

    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.