Marcin Siwek1, Dominika Dudek1, Katarzyna Drozdowicz1, Rafał Jaeschke1, Krzysztof Styczen1, Aleksandra Arciszewska2, Kareen K Akiskal3, Hagop S Akiskal3, Janusz K Rybakowski4. 1. Department of Affective Disorders, Chair of Psychiatry, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland. 2. Students Scientific Association of Affective Disorders, Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland. 3. International Mood Center, Paris, France; International Mood Center, La Jolla, CA, USA. 4. Department of Adult Psychiatry, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, ul.Szpitalna 27/33, 60-572 Poznan, Poland. Electronic address: janusz.rybakowski@gmail.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: We investigated temperamental dimensions of the Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa and San Diego Autoquestionnaire (TEMPS-A) as well as bipolarity features in male and female subjects engaging in extreme or/and high risk sports. METHODS: The web-based case-control study was performed in 480 subjects engaging in extreme or/and high risk sports (255 male, 225 female) aged 26 ± 6 years and in 235 age- and sex-matched healthy controls subjects (107 male, 128 female), aged 28 + 9 years. The TEMPS-A questionnaire, 110 questions version, has been used, evaluating five temperament domains: depressive, cyclothymic, hyperthymic, irritable and anxious. The Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) was employed for the assessment of bipolarity. RESULTS: Both male and female athletes had significantly higher scores of hyperthymic temperaments compared with control male and female subjects who had declared themselves as not involved into the activities of extreme or/and high risk sports. In addition, compared with controls, male sportsmen had lower scores of depressive and anxious temperaments, and female athletes had higher scores of cyclothymic and irritable temperaments. Both male and female athletes obtained significantly higher scores of bipolarity as measured by the MDQ, than control men and women. LIMITATIONS: Web-based study involving a risk of selection and recall bias, problematic homogeneity of the experimental group. CONCLUSIONS: Subjects engaged into extreme or/and high risk sports have significantly higher scores of hyperthymic temperament, measured by the TEMPS-A and present sex-specific features of other temperaments. Such subjects obtain also greater bipolarity scores as measured by the MDQ.
OBJECTIVES: We investigated temperamental dimensions of the Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa and San Diego Autoquestionnaire (TEMPS-A) as well as bipolarity features in male and female subjects engaging in extreme or/and high risk sports. METHODS: The web-based case-control study was performed in 480 subjects engaging in extreme or/and high risk sports (255 male, 225 female) aged 26 ± 6 years and in 235 age- and sex-matched healthy controls subjects (107 male, 128 female), aged 28 + 9 years. The TEMPS-A questionnaire, 110 questions version, has been used, evaluating five temperament domains: depressive, cyclothymic, hyperthymic, irritable and anxious. The Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) was employed for the assessment of bipolarity. RESULTS: Both male and female athletes had significantly higher scores of hyperthymic temperaments compared with control male and female subjects who had declared themselves as not involved into the activities of extreme or/and high risk sports. In addition, compared with controls, male sportsmen had lower scores of depressive and anxious temperaments, and female athletes had higher scores of cyclothymic and irritable temperaments. Both male and female athletes obtained significantly higher scores of bipolarity as measured by the MDQ, than control men and women. LIMITATIONS: Web-based study involving a risk of selection and recall bias, problematic homogeneity of the experimental group. CONCLUSIONS: Subjects engaged into extreme or/and high risk sports have significantly higher scores of hyperthymic temperament, measured by the TEMPS-A and present sex-specific features of other temperaments. Such subjects obtain also greater bipolarity scores as measured by the MDQ.
Authors: Adrian A Chrobak; Marcin Siwek; Dominika Dudek; Janusz K Rybakowski Journal: Int J Methods Psychiatr Res Date: 2018-07-30 Impact factor: 4.035
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