Emotion-based dispositions to rash action: positive and negative urgency.

MA Cyders, GT Smith - Psychological bulletin, 2008 - psycnet.apa.org
Under heightened emotional states, individuals are more inclined to engage in ill-
considered or rash actions than at other times. The authors present evidence for the …

Transitions into underage and problem drinking: developmental processes and mechanisms between 10 and 15 years of age

M Windle, LP Spear, AJ Fuligni, A Angold… - …, 2008 - publications.aap.org
Numerous developmental changes occur across levels of personal organization (eg,
changes related to puberty, brain and cognitive-affective structures and functions, and family …

Construct validity of the five facet mindfulness questionnaire in meditating and nonmeditating samples

RA Baer, GT Smith, E Lykins, D Button… - …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Previous research on assessment of mindfulness by self-report suggests that it may include
five component skills: observing, describing, acting with awareness, nonjudging of inner …

Another look at impulsivity: A meta-analytic review comparing specific dispositions to rash action in their relationship to bulimic symptoms

S Fischer, GT Smith, MA Cyders - Clinical psychology review, 2008 - Elsevier
Recent advances in personality theory indicate that there are distinct constructs that dispose
individuals to rash action and risky behavior, as opposed to one broad trait of impulsivity …

Binge eating, problem drinking, and pathological gambling: Linking behavior to shared traits and social learning

S Fischer, GT Smith - Personality and individual Differences, 2008 - Elsevier
Varied definitions of the construct impulsivity may account for inconsistencies in studies that
examine its relationship to bulimic symptoms, pathological gambling, and alcohol abuse. We …

Clarifying the role of personality dispositions in risk for increased gambling behavior

MA Cyders, GT Smith - Personality and individual differences, 2008 - Elsevier
The current study clarifies the role of personality for increased gambling behaviors. The
authors compared five traits, each involving a different disposition to rash action, predicting …

Heterogeneous inhibition processes involved in different facets of self-reported impulsivity: Evidence from a community sample

P Gay, L Rochat, J Billieux, M d'Acremont… - Acta psychologica, 2008 - Elsevier
Whiteside and Lynam (Whiteside, SP, & Lynam, DR (2001). The Five Factor Model and
impulsivity: Using a structural model of personality to understand impulsivity. Personality and …

Striatal sensitivity to reward deliveries and omissions in substance dependent patients

JM Bjork, AR Smith, DW Hommer - Neuroimage, 2008 - Elsevier
Some motivational theories of substance dependence (SD) posit either pathologically
increased or decreased ventral striatum (VS) recruitment by cues for nondrug rewards. The …

Manipulation of thinness and restricting expectancies: further evidence for a causal role of thinness and restricting expectancies in the etiology of eating disorders.

AM Annus, GT Smith, K Masters - Psychology of Addictive …, 2008 - psycnet.apa.org
To test the eating disorder expectancy theory contention that expectancies for reinforcement
from thinness play a causal role in body dissatisfaction and eating disorder symptoms, the …

Assessing impulsivity changes in Alzheimer disease

L Rochat, X Delbeuck, J Billieux… - Alzheimer Disease & …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Impulsive behaviors are common in brain-damaged patients including those with
neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer disease (AD). The objective of this study …