An investigation of the effects of sensation seeking and impulsivity on extreme sport participation and injury using path analysis.

SPORTS injuries risk factors; SENSES; SPORTS participation; RISK-taking behavior; PSYCHOLOGY of college students; IMPULSIVE personality; CROSS-sectional method; RISK assessment; SURVEYS; EXPERIENCE; UNIVERSITIES & colleges; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PATH analysis (Statistics); EXTREME sports

Extreme sport participation and injury rates have increased in recent decades. This study aimed to investigate sub-dimensions of impulsivity and sensation seeking that contribute to participation and injury risk in extreme sports. Data included cross-sectional survey responses from 7,109 college students (Mage = 19.68, SD = 2.31). This study utilized path analysis to investigate sub-dimensions of sensation seeking and impulsivity as predictors of extreme sport participation and injury across 3 models. Results of the final model identify risk seeking and lack of perseverance as the two strongest predictors of extreme sports injury, risk seeking, experience seeking, and lack of premeditation as the strongest positive predictors of extreme sports participation, and lack of perseverance as the strongest negative predictor of extreme sports participation. These results will contribute to targeted prevention and intervention efforts for extreme sports injury among young adults based on identified individual personality factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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