TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - A web-based study of bipolarity and impulsivity in athletes engaging in extreme and high-risk sports
JO  - Acta neuropsychiatrica
A1  - Dudek, Dominika
A1  - Siwek, Marcin
A1  - Jaeschke, Rafał
A1  - Drozdowicz, Katarzyna
A1  - Styczen, Krzysztof
A1  - Arciszewska, Aleksandra
A1  - Chrobak, Adrian A.
A1  - Rybakowski, Janusz K.
SP  - 179
EP  - 183
VL  - 28
IS  - 3
N2  - 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. <br><br>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. <br><br>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. <br><br>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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0924-2708
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/neu.2015.44
ID  - ref1
ER  -