An important advance in understanding and defining mental disorders has been the
development of empirical approaches to mapping dimensions of dysfunction and their …

Background The personality traits of positive and negative urgency refer to the tendencies to
act rashly when experiencing unusually positive or negative emotions, respectively …

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 …

BACKGROUND: Impulsivity is a multifaceted construct that has a prominent role in
psychiatry. Lynam et al (2006) have developed the UPPS-P, a 59-item scale measuring 5 …

Emotion regulation difficulties are a transdiagnostic construct relevant to numerous clinical
difficulties. Although the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) is a …

Objective: Among patients with brain damage, executive function deficits and impulsivity
correspond with propensity to engage in risky behaviors. Less research has addressed this …

Negative urgency, the tendency to act rashly when distressed, is characterized by high
Neuroticism, low Conscientiousness, and low Agreeableness. Because of this set of …

BackgroundPathological gambling (PG) is a form of behavioural addiction that has been
associated with elevated impulsivity and also cognitive distortions in the processing of …

This article offers a new model for bulimia nervosa (BN) that explains both the initial
impulsive nature of binge eating and purging, as well as the compulsive quality of the fully …

Introduction Nowadays, gambling disorder (GD) is a worldwide health issue and there is a
growing need to both improve our understanding of this disorder and to tailor specific …