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The current study assessed sensation-seeking, sport contact level, and SRC history and incidence in a large sample of NCAA collegiate athletes. Data included a full study sample of 22,374 baseline evaluations and a sub-sample of 2037 incident SRC. Independent samples t-test, analysis of covariance, and hierarchical logistic regression were constructed to address study hypotheses. Results showed that (1) among participants without SRC, sensation-seeking scores were higher in athletes playing contact sports compared to those playing limited- or non-contact sports (p &lt; 0.001, R2 = 0.007, \u03b72p = 0.003); (2) in the full study sample, a one-point increase in sensation-seeking scores resulted in a 21% greater risk of prior SRC (OR = 1.212; 95% CI: 1.154\u20131.272), and in the incident SRC sub-sample, a 28% greater risk of prior SRC (OR = 1.278; 95% CI: 1.104\u20131.480); (3) a one-point increase in sensation-seeking scores resulted in a 12% greater risk of incident SRC among the full study sample; and (4) sensation-seeking did not vary as a function of incident SRC (p = 0.281, \u03b72p = 0.000). Our findings demonstrate the potential usefulness of considering sensation-seeking in SRC management.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms21239097","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,30]],"date-time":"2020-11-30T10:26:12Z","timestamp":1606731972000},"page":"9097","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["The Relationship between Sport-Related Concussion and Sensation-Seeking"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7036-4198","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Spencer","family":"Liebel","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA"},{"name":"Michigan Concussion Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5494-2357","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kathryn","family":"Van Pelt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40504, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gian-Gabriel","family":"Garcia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4379-2004","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lauren","family":"Czerniak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"McCrea","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI 53226, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Thomas","family":"McAllister","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2282-9325","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Steven","family":"Broglio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Michigan Concussion Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"name":"on behalf of the CARE Consortium Investigators","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"375","DOI":"10.1097\/00001199-200609000-00001","article-title":"The epidemiology and impact of traumatic brain injury: A brief overview","volume":"21","author":"Langlois","year":"2006","journal-title":"J. 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