Personality Traits in Marathon Runners and Sedentary Controls With MMPI-2-RF.

MMPI endurance training exercise marathon personality

Journal

Frontiers in psychology
ISSN: 1664-1078
Titre abrégé: Front Psychol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101550902

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 22 10 2019
accepted: 09 04 2020
entrez: 28 5 2020
pubmed: 28 5 2020
medline: 28 5 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Endurance exercise in general and marathon running in particular have become increasingly popular over the past decades. Recent investigations about personality structures in this cohort and comparisons to non-active cohorts are lacking. In the ReCaP study (Running effects on Cognition and Plasticity), a total of 100 marathon runners and 46 sedentary controls were recruited. After elimination of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) profiles with insufficient validity, 79 marathon runners (MA) and 27 sedentary controls (SC) remained for final analyses. Depressive symptoms were evaluated with Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD). Marathon runners had lower scores in scales measuring somatic and cognitive complaints, stress, demoralization, hopelessness and distrust. Within the marathon group, committed runners exhibited hypomanic traits compared to regular runners. Personality differences could be summarized as (sub-)depressive personality traits in SC compared to MA rather than typical (sub-) depressive symptoms in the meaning of depressive disorders. Future studies should further evaluate cause and consequence of endurance training and hypomanic or euthymic symptoms, as a two-way interaction exists. http://apps.who.int/trialsearch/Trial2.aspx?TrialID=DRKS00012496.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Endurance exercise in general and marathon running in particular have become increasingly popular over the past decades. Recent investigations about personality structures in this cohort and comparisons to non-active cohorts are lacking.
METHODS METHODS
In the ReCaP study (Running effects on Cognition and Plasticity), a total of 100 marathon runners and 46 sedentary controls were recruited. After elimination of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) profiles with insufficient validity, 79 marathon runners (MA) and 27 sedentary controls (SC) remained for final analyses. Depressive symptoms were evaluated with Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD).
RESULTS RESULTS
Marathon runners had lower scores in scales measuring somatic and cognitive complaints, stress, demoralization, hopelessness and distrust. Within the marathon group, committed runners exhibited hypomanic traits compared to regular runners.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
Personality differences could be summarized as (sub-)depressive personality traits in SC compared to MA rather than typical (sub-) depressive symptoms in the meaning of depressive disorders. Future studies should further evaluate cause and consequence of endurance training and hypomanic or euthymic symptoms, as a two-way interaction exists.
TRIAL REGISTRATION BACKGROUND
http://apps.who.int/trialsearch/Trial2.aspx?TrialID=DRKS00012496.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32457686
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00886
pmc: PMC7225272
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

886

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 Roeh, Engel, Lembeck, Pross, Papazova, Schoenfeld, Halle, Falkai, Scherr and Hasan.

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Auteurs

Astrid Roeh (A)

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.

Rolf R Engel (RR)

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.

Moritz Lembeck (M)

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.

Benjamin Pross (B)

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.

Irina Papazova (I)

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.

Julia Schoenfeld (J)

Department of Prevention and Sports Medicine, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany.

Martin Halle (M)

Department of Prevention and Sports Medicine, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany.

Peter Falkai (P)

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.

Johannes Scherr (J)

Department of Prevention and Sports Medicine, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany.
University Center for Preventive and Sports Medicine, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Alkomiet Hasan (A)

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics of the University Augsburg, Bezirkskrankenhaus Augsburg, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany.

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