Research article open access impulsivity dimensions, emotion. The prevalence of nssi in eating disorder ed patients ranged from 17% in restrictive anorexia nervosa anr patients to 43% in patients with bulimia nervosa bn. Pdf development and validation of a short italian uppsp. The present study investigated the association between nonsuicidal selfinjury characteristics, functions, and the upps p impulsivityrelated traits in highschool students using selfreport questionnaires. Upps dimensions of impulsivity journal of individual. Upps p impulsive behavior scale upps p description the upps p impulsive behavior scale cyders et al.
Impulsivity is a multidimensional construct that plays a prominent role in the development, maintenance, and relapse of addictive disorders. The scale can be used with adults or adolescents to identify the separate personality facets that have been previously. Six hundred fifty participants filled out the short french upps p. Recommendations for applying a multidimensional model of. The uppsp impulsive behavior scale is a promising measure of impulsivity facets involved in the etiology of externalizing behaviors e. Short uppsp impulsivity scale2 the short uppsp is a 20item scale that evaluates 5different impulsivityfacets4itemsperdimensionlabeled asnegativeurgency,positive urgency,lack ofpremeditation, lack of perseverance, and sensation seeking. Sep 01, 2006 recently, whiteside and lynam 2001 have developed the upps impulsive behavior scale that distinguishes four dimensions of impulsivity. Impulsivity and attention deficithyperactivity disorder.
Request pdf validation of a short french version of the uppsp impulsive behavior scale impulsivity is a multifaceted construct that has a prominent role in psychiatry. Upps p negative and positive urgency scales, as well as the ders total score, significantly discriminated highbpd adolescents from both other. Uppsp agree strongly 1 agree somewhat 2 disagree somewhat 3. Integration of impulsivity and positive mood to predict risky behavior. The upps impulsive behaviour scale with five dimensions of impulsive behaviour is being widely used. A short version of the upps p c urgencypremeditationperseverancesensation seekingpositive urgency impulsive behaviors scale is a promising tool to screen for impulsivity both in children. In the present study, we investigated the psychometric properties of a french adaptation of the upps impulsive behavior scale.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether measures of motivational systems, specifically reward and punishment sensitivity, accounted for. The relationship between nonsuicidal selfinjury and the. Upps p impulsive behavior scale in a sample of college students. A subgroup of participants n 145 took part in a followup study and completed the scale twice to determine testretest stability. Risky, impulsive, and selfdestructive behavior questionnaire. The relationship between the uppsp impulsivity dimensions. Impulsivity is a multidimensional construct that has an important role for the understanding of diverse psychopathologies and problematic behaviors. Dec 12, 2005 in order to build the nomological network surrounding this scale, the upps was administered to individuals with borderline personality disorder bpd, pathological gamblers pg, alcohol abusers divided into two groups based on the presence of antisocial features, and a control group. Uppsp impulsive behavior scale betterworld healthcare. Examination of a short version of the uppsp impulsive. Compared to male students, female students engaged more often in cutting and less in head banging.
Note that some versions do not include positive urgency subscale as they used the upps scale before the introduction of positive urgency. A first version of the questionnaire was designed based on the short version o f the upps p for adults billieux et a l. Development and validation of a short italian uppsp. The upps p scale highlights five complementary impulsivity constructs i. It was designed to measure five distinct personality pathways characterizing impulsive. Miller dj, derefinko kj, lynam dr, milich r, fillmore mt. The psychometric properties of a short uppsp impulsive. Upps p impulsive behavior scale upps p is a revised version of. Negative urgency, lack of perseverance, lack of premeditation, sensation seeking, and positive urgency.
Using a structural model of personality to understand impulsivity. Uppsp impulsive behavior scale science of behavior change. Because the items from different scales run in different directions, it is important to make sure that the correct items are reversescored. Upps impulsive behavior scale for child ren short upps p c.
The present study developed and evaluated a new 38item questionnairebased measure, the risky, impulsive, and selfdestructive behavior questionnaire risq, designed to address each of these limitations by expanding the breadth and depth of previous questionnaires. Apr 02, 2018 a indicates studies did not use uppsp impulsive behavior scale given the body of literature implicating uppsp traits with a range of clinical disorders and problems 8, 52, 97, 111 1, it is somewhat surprising that comparably little has been done in applying the uppsp model to clinical practice in a systematic way. All items are scored on a likert scale from 1 i agree stronglyto4i disagree strongly. Reliability and validity of the italian translation of the. A french adaptation of the upps impulsive behavior scale. Impulsivity is involved in numerous psychiatric and addictive disorders, as well as in risky behaviors. Impulsivity dimensions, emotion dysregulation, and borderline. In the present study, we investigated the association between nonsuicidal selfinjury nssi and the upps p impulsivity facets in eating disorder patients and healthy controls. P impulsive behavior scale upps p in a clinical sample of 268 consecutively admitted psychotherapy patients 43.
Participants rate their agreement with statements on a 4point. Lynam, 20 the short upps p is a 20item selfreport measure of impulsivity. Jan 16, 2017 the upps p impulsive behavior scale 33,50 is a 59item inventory. The short version generally replicated the internal consistency 0. Factor analysis of the brazilian version of upps impulsive. Externalizing behavior, the uppsp impulsive behavior scale. Lynam, 20 the short uppsp is a 20item selfreport measure of impulsivity. One form of impulsivity depends on the temporal discounting of reward, another on motor or response disinhibition.
Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment, 32, 3, 323332. It was derived by including existing scales of impulsivity in factor analysis. Uppsp model impulsivity and marijuana use behaviors in. Validation of the short arabic uppsp impulsive behavior scale. The scale can be used with adults or adolescents to identify the separate personality facets that have been previously lumped together under the term impulsivity. This version of the upps impulsive behavior scale uses a 1 agree strongly to 4 disagree strongly response format. The present study explores the relation among 4 personality traits associated with impulsive behavior and alcohol abuse. The upps impulsive behavior scale is a 45item selfreport questionnaire that was designed to measure impulsivity across dimensions of the five factor model of personality. Items with an r are reverse coded, so that higher values indicate more impulsive behavior. Impulsivity, compulsivity, and topdown cognitive control. The italian upps p replicated the internal consistency coefficients of the original upps p 0.
Promising screening tool for impulsive behaviors in. Personality traits were measured using the 4 subscales of the upps impulsive behavior scale upps. Cyders indiana university purdue university indianapolis, department of psychology. Behavioral and neurobiological analysis of this construct, with evidence from both animal and human studies, defines several dissociable forms depending on distinct corticostriatal substrates. The upps p model of impulsivity, which distinguishes between five impulsivity components positive urgency, negative urgency, lack of perseverance, lack of premeditation, sensation seeking, has been increasingly investigated during the last decade in. Jan 07, 2020 impulsivity and attention deficithyperactivity disorder. Impulsivity is the tendency to act prematurely without foresight. Urgency, perseverance, premeditation and sensation seeking impulsive behavior scale p uppsp impulsive behavior scale whiteside sp. All items are rated on a four point scale from 1 strongly agree to 4 strongly disagree. Validation of a short french version of the uppsp impulsive.
This has led to the development of a short version. Research article open access validation of the short arabic upps p impulsive behavior scale ghada bteich1, djamal berbiche2 and yasser khazaal3,4,5 abstract background. May, 2020 the relationship between borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder. The upps p scale has been translated into various languages. The upps p impulsive behavior scale 21, 23 is a 59item selfreport measure designed to assess five impulsivityrelated traits, including negative urgency 12 items, lack of premeditation 11 items, lack of perseverance 10 items, sensation seeking 12 items, and positive urgency 14 items. The upps p impulsive behavior scale is a promising measure of impulsivity facets involved in the etiology of externalizing behaviors e. Upps is listed in the worlds largest and most authoritative dictionary database of abbreviations and acronyms. Concordance between the original and short version of the. Urgency, lack of premeditation, lack of perseverance, and sensation seeking. Understanding the role of impulsivity and externalizing. It was designed to measure five distinct personality pathways characterizing impulsive behaviors.
Aug 18, 2009 this study examined the classification accuracy of the upps impulsive behavior scale upps in discriminating several attention deficithyperactivity disorder adhd subtypes, including predominantly inattentive type adhdi, combined type adhdc, and combined type with behavioral problems adhdodd, between each other and a nonadhd control group using logistic regression analyses. In healthy controls hc, the prevalence of nssi was. Upps is a selfreport scale composed by 40 items assessing four factors of impulsivity. The psychometric properties of this spanish version were analyzed using the rasch model, and the factor structure was examined using confirmatory factor analysis. To examine the internal consistency and factor structure of the brazilian adaptation of the upps impulsive behavior scale.
There are no studies comparing the relationship between the supps p scores and the original upps p scores. The upps p impulsive behavior scale is a 59item measure of factors that could lead to impulsive behaviors. Subtype classification using the upps impulsive behavior scale. P impulsive behavior scale1, which assesses fi ve distinct impulsivity traits positive urgency, negative urgency, lack of premeditation, lack of perseverance, and sensation seeking.
Impulsivity, psychology, uppsp psychology bibliographies. Development and validation of a measure of positive urgency. Externalizing behavior, the uppsp impulsive behavior. Participants respond to each item using a 4point likert scale. Moreover, childhood maltreatment has been frequently associated with both cognitive distortions and impulsive behaviors but never with upps traits. The uppsp impulsive behavior scale was originally researched and validated in english. Uppsp model impulsivity and marijuana use behaviors in adolescents. Item numbers indicate the item order on the short upps p, whereas numbers in parentheses indicate the original item numbers on the upps p.
Participants in these three groups were administered the upps p impulsive behavior scale upps p and the difficulties in emotion regulation scale ders. A study was conducted on undergraduate students to examine the influence of cognitive distortions and childhood maltreatment on four dimensions of impulsivity from the upps impulsive behavior scale. The upps p impulsive behavior scale, measuring five distinct facets of impulsivity. The aim of the present study was to validate a short, 20item french version of the upps p. Personality and individual differences, 30, 669689 abstract. The upps p impulsive behavior scale was originally researched and validated in english. Measurement and structural invariance of the upps p impulsive behavior scale. The upps p impulsivity scale is a 59item inventory designed to measure five distinct features of impulsive behavior. Uppsp impulsive behavior scale urgency, perseverance. One of the handicaps of this instrument is its relatively long administration time. The current version of the barratt impulsiveness scale bis11. The uppsp impulsive behavior scale 33,50 is a 59item inventory. The current study examines a recently developed short version of the uppsp impulsive behavior scale.
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