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ArticlePsychopharmacology2016

The latent structure of impulsivity: impulsive choice, impulsive action, and impulsive personality traits.

James MacKillop, Jessica Weafer, Joshua C Gray, Assaf Oshri, Abraham Palmer, Harriet de Wit

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Article in Psychopharmacology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 188 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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  7. Cognitive Inflexibility in OCD and Related Disorders.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2021
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  8. Impulsivity in Gambling Disorder and problem gambling: a meta-analysis.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2019
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6 authors.

James MacKillopPeter Boris Centre for Addictions Research, McMaster University/St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, L8P 3R2, Canada. jmackill@mcmaster.ca.
Jessica WeaferDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
Joshua C GrayDepartment of Psychology, University of Georgia Athens, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
Assaf OshriDepartment of Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia Athens, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
Abraham PalmerDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA.
Harriet de WitDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.

Funding

Vulnerability to Drug Use & HIV: Advancing Prevention for Rural African AmericansP30DA027827 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI BRODY, GENE H. · 2009 to 2018
$10.2M
The genetic basis of impulsive behavior in humansR01DA032015 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI DE WIT, HARRIET · 2011 to 2015
$2.4M
NIDA NIH HHS P30 DA027827NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA032015
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationaleImpulsivity has been strongly linked to addictive behaviors, but can be operationalized in a number of ways that vary considerably in overlap, suggesting multidimensionality.

objectiveThis study tested the hypothesis that the latent structure among multiple measures of impulsivity would reflect the following three broad categories: impulsive choice, reflecting discounting of delayed rewards; impulsive action, reflecting ability to inhibit a prepotent motor response; and impulsive personality traits, reflecting self-reported attributions of self-regulatory capacity.

methodsThe study used a cross-sectional confirmatory factor analysis of multiple impulsivity assessments. Participants were 1252 young adults (62 % female) with low levels of addictive behavior, who were assessed in individual laboratory rooms at the University of Chicago and the University of Georgia. The battery comprised a Delay (replace hyphen with space) Discounting Task, Monetary Choice Questionnaire, Conners' Continuous Performance Test, Go/NoGo Task, Stop Signal Task, Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, and the UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale.

resultsThe hypothesized three-factor model provided the best fit to the data, although sensation seeking was excluded from the final model. The three latent factors were largely unrelated to each other and were variably associated with substance use.

conclusionsThese findings support the hypothesis that diverse measures of impulsivity can broadly be organized into three categories that are largely distinct from one another. These findings warrant investigation among individuals with clinical levels of addictive behavior and may be applied to understanding the underlying biological mechanisms of these categories.

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Choice BehaviorImpulsive BehaviorPersonalityBehavior, AddictiveCross-Sectional StudiesDelay DiscountingFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleHumansInhibition, PsychologicalMaleRewardSelf ReportSubstance-Related DisordersSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultAddictionBehavioral inhibitionConfirmatory factor analysisDelay discountingImpulsive personalityImpulsivity

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PMCPMC5204128

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