@article{ref1,
title="Psychological profiles and emotional regulation characteristics of women engaged in risk-taking sports",
journal="Anxiety, stress, and coping",
year="2007",
author="Cazenave, Nicolas and Le Scanff, C. and Woodman, Tim",
volume="20",
number="4",
pages="421-435",
abstract="We investigated the psychological profiles and emotional regulation characteristics of women involved in risk-taking sports. The research sample (N=180) consisted of three groups of women engaged in: (1) non-risk sports (N=90); (2) risk-taking sports for leisure purposes (N=53); or (3) risk-taking sports as professionals (N=37). Each participant completed five questionnaires, the Sensation Seeking Scale, the Bem Sex Role Inventory, the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, Risk & Excitement Inventory, and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale. The results revealed significant differences between the groups' profiles. Of particular interest are the differences that exist between the profiles of Group 2 (escape profile, masculine gender identity, and high scores on sensation seeking, impulsivity, alexithymia) and Group 3 (compensation profile, androgynous gender identity, average score on sensation seeking, and low scores on impulsivity, alexithymia). We propose that the professional woman might be considered a model for preventing destructive risk-taking behaviors.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1061-5806",
doi="10.1080/10615800701330176",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10615800701330176"
}