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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 July 2015

Dominika Dudek ,
Marcin Siwek ,
Rafał Jaeschke ,
Katarzyna Drozdowicz ,
Krzysztof Styczeń ,
Aleksandra Arciszewska ,
Adrian A. Chrobak  and
Janusz K. Rybakowski
Dominika Dudek
Affiliation:
Department of Affective Disorders, Chair of Psychiatry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
Marcin Siwek
Affiliation:
Department of Affective Disorders, Chair of Psychiatry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
Rafał Jaeschke
Affiliation:
Department of Affective Disorders, Chair of Psychiatry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
Katarzyna Drozdowicz
Affiliation:
Department of Affective Disorders, Chair of Psychiatry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
Krzysztof Styczeń
Affiliation:
Department of Affective Disorders, Chair of Psychiatry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
Aleksandra Arciszewska
Affiliation:
Department of Affective Disorders, Chair of Psychiatry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
Adrian A. Chrobak
Affiliation:
Students’ Scientific Association of Affective Disorders, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
Janusz K. Rybakowski*
Affiliation:
Department of Adult Psychiatry, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
*
Janusz K. Rybakowski, Department of Adult Psychiatry, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, ul.Szpitalna 27/33, 60-572 Poznan, Poland. Tel: +48-61-8475-087; Fax: +48-61-8480-392; E-mail: janusz.rybakowski@gmail.com
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Abstract

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.

Keywords

Barratt Impulsiveness Scalebipolarityextreme sportsimpulsivityMood Disorder Questionnaire
Type
Short Communications
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Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , June 2016 , pp. 179 - 183
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© Scandinavian College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2015 

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