Athletics impulsively traits: A comparison between contact and noncontact sports

The aim of this study was to investigate different aspects of impulsivity in the athletes of contact and non-contact sports. volunteer participants were 60 athletes of contact (age: 25.9±4.6 years) and non-contact (age: 27.6±4.9 years) sports. Participants were asked to complete the Barratt’s Impulsivity Scale (BIS- 11) and participate in continuous performance test (CPT). Multivariate analysis of variance results indicated that there was significant difference between athletes participating in contact and non-contact sports in the continuous performance test items(F2,117= 3.27, p=0.001, partial η2=0.89) and impulsivity scale factors(F3,116=47.66, p=0.001, partial η2=0.55).So that, in the attentional, motor, and non-planning impulsiveness and at the number of correct recognition in continuous performance test, the athletes of contact sports get more points than the athletes of non-contact sports. In contrast, the athletes of non-contact sports get more points in the average of incorrect time and the number of incorrect recognition than the athletes of contact sports. Therefore This feature is effective in motor and non-motor behaviors of athletes in some special conditions that will appear as immediate and sustained function.