@article{ref1,
title="Examining the role of risk compensation in extreme sports",
journal="Journal of sport and exercise psychology",
year="2021",
author="Gardner, Megan M. and Grimm, Jeff T. and Conner, Bradley T.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="This study explored the relations between sensation seeking, impulsivity, risk compensation, and extreme-sports injury to better understand contributing factors to risk taking in extreme sports and subsequent adverse outcomes. Data included cross-sectional survey responses from 1,107 college students (Mage = 19.47, SD = 2.14). Poisson, logistic, and negative binomial regressions were used to investigate the relations of interest. <br><br>RESULTS indicate that sensation seeking and impulsivity are significantly associated with both risk compensation and extreme-sports injury. Risk compensation is significantly and positively associated with extreme-sports injury in mountain biking and snowboarding. Risk compensation did not significantly moderate the relation between the personality constructs of interest and extreme-sports injury. These results show that the role of risk compensation in extreme-sports injury is highly sport-specific. These results highlight the importance of considering both personality and risk compensation in prevention and intervention efforts.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0895-2779",
doi="10.1123/jsep.2020-0159",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2020-0159"
}