Heightened impulsivity has been identified as a risk marker for excessive and problematic
alcohol use, particularly during adolescence when impulsive behaviour is elevated and …

Background Previous research demonstrates the role of attentional bias in addictive
behaviors. Impulsivity is thought to affect the strength of attentional biases, and thus …

Although prominent models of alcohol use and abuse implicate stress as an important
motivator of alcohol consumption, research has not consistently identified a relationship …

Computer-mediated sexting behaviors, problematic alcohol use, and sexual hookups are
prevalent among college populations. While relationships between sexting and alcohol, and …

This study examined the relationships between alexithymia, impulsivity, and alcohol use and
related problems. The sample consisted of 429 undergraduate students who reported …

The aim of this study was to test two competing theories concerning the trait of urgency:(a)
Urgency reflects the tendency to act rashly/impulsively when emotional, or (b) urgency …

This study reports on a prospective test of the Acquired Preparedness Model, which posits
that impulsivity influences cigarette smoking through the formation of more positive and …

The UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior scale is a promising measure of impulsivity facets involved
in the etiology of Externalizing behaviors (eg, substance abuse, antisocial behavior, and …

Impulsivity is not a unitary construct; instead, dispositions to rash action can be divided into
five moderately-correlated dimensions. However, the associations between these …

Five personality traits that dispose individuals to rash or ill-advised action (ie, sensation
seeking, negative urgency, positive urgency, lack of planning, and lack of perseverance) …