ReviewDrug and alcohol dependence2016
Integrating affect and impulsivity: The role of positive and negative urgency in substance use risk.
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158 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 319 citations in OpenAlex.
- A meta-analytic review of the effectiveness of mood inductions in eliciting emotion-based behavioral risk-taking and craving in the laboratory.Emotion (Washington, D.C.) · 2023Pooled it
- Evidence on the Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Risk Behavior: A Systematic and Meta-Analytic Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Impulsivity and self-harm in adolescence: a systematic review.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2017Pooled it
- Personality change in a trial of psilocybin therapy v. escitalopram treatment for depression.Psychological medicine · 2024Trial
- Differential effects of UPPS-P impulsivity on subjective alcohol response and craving: An experimental test of acquired preparedness.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2023Trial
- Effects of topiramate on the association between affect, cannabis craving, and cannabis use in the daily life of youth during a randomized clinical trial.Psychopharmacology · 2021Trial
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- Parsing impulsivity in individuals with anxiety and depression who use Cannabis.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2020Trial
- Urgency traits moderate daily relations between affect and drinking to intoxication among young adults.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2017Trial
- Eight weeks of high-intensity interval training increases peripheral serotonin transporter expression independently of promoter methylation changes.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Adolescent Cannabis Expectancies Are Associated With Parental Drug Use History Via Negative Urgency.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2026Article
- Negative Urgency Amplifies Alcohol Demand in Individuals with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2026Article
- Decoding the bidirectional links between alcohol misuse and aggression: toward a unified translational framework.Psychopharmacology · 2026Review
- Encouraging impulsive adolescents attending college to eat more fruit and vegetables: A preliminary investigation of negative urgency, message format and frame.Journal of health psychology · 2026Article
- Developmental relations between internalizing symptoms and negative urgency during middle adolescence.Development and psychopathology · 2026Article
- The effect of cannabis use on the time course of positive and negative affect in the daily life of youth.Psychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Perceived Relapse Risks Associated With Emotionally Impactful Events: Connection Counts More.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2026Article
- Alcohol and cannabis use predicted by affect-urgency interactions in everyday life.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2026Article
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- Lifetime Stressor Exposure Profiles and Trait Risk for Substance Use in Young Adults.Substance use & misuse · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe personality traits of positive and negative urgency refer to the tendencies to act rashly when experiencing unusually positive or negative emotions, respectively.
methodsThe authors review recent empirical work testing urgency theory (Cyders and Smith, 2008a) and consider advances in theory related to these traits.
resultsEmpirical findings indicate that (a) the urgency traits are particularly important predictors of the onset of, and increases in, substance use in both children and young adults; (b) they appear to operate in part by biasing psychosocial learning; (c) pubertal onset is associated with increases in negative urgency, which in turn predict increases in adolescent drinking behavior; (d) variation in negative urgency trait levels are associated with variations in the functioning of an identified brain system; and (e) variations in the serotonin transporter gene, known to influence the relevant brain system, relate to variations in the urgency traits.
conclusionA recent model (Carver et al., 2008) proposes the urgency traits to be markers of a tendency to respond reflexively to emotion, whether through impulsive action or ill-advised inaction (the latter leading to depressive symptoms); this model has received empirical support. The authors discuss new directions for research on the urgency traits.
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