Subtype classification using the upps impulsive behavior scale. The reason to reverse code is so that high scores on each scale are in the impulsivity direction. Measuring impulsivity of psychiatric patients using upps. Six hundred fifty participants filled out the short french upps p. Two studies utilizing paperpencil and computerized administration replicated the internal structure of the upps, provided evidence for convergent and discriminant validity utilizing self and peerreports, demonstrated incremental validity for the upps scale over the respective personality facets, and investigated the relationships between.
The present study explores the relation among 4 personality traits associated with impulsive behavior and alcohol abuse. Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment, 32, 3, 323332. Moreover, childhood maltreatment has been frequently associated with both cognitive distortions and impulsive behaviors but never with upps traits. For each scale, calculate the mean of the available items. 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. The upps p scale has been translated into various languages. Disentangling impulsiveness, aggressiveness and impulsive. Impulsivity is involved in numerous psychiatric and addictive disorders, as well as in risky behaviors. Factor structure, measurement and structural invariance, and external validity of an abbreviated youth version of the uppsp impulsive behavior scale. The current version of the barratt impulsiveness scale bis11. The present study investigated the association between nonsuicidal selfinjury characteristics, functions, and the uppsp impulsivityrelated traits in highschool students using selfreport questionnaires. Uppsp impulsive behavior scale betterworld healthcare. Pdf factor analysis of the brazilian version of upps.
Uppsp impulsive behavior scale urgency, perseverance. Impulsiveness may show itself in difficulty controlling behaviour, and inability to inhibit impulses or resist urges fact sheet. For each statement, please indicate how much you agree or disagree with the statement. 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. Understanding the role of impulsivity and externalizing. Difficulties with behavior at home and in the classroom academic difficulties parents and teachers presuming diagnosis of adhd or seeking diagnosis of adhd conditions that may mimic or cooccur with inattention and impulsivity differentiate from normal behavior all children may be inattentive or impulsive at times. More than 17% of the 6 students engaged in at least one type of nssi behavior. 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. The impulsive behavior scale was developed by whiteside and lynam 2001 to assess several different facets of impulsivity and it has been linked to a number of outcomes. No study has investigated the clinical utility of this questionnaire. Uppsp impulsive behavior scale international society for. Please indicate whether your child has done any of these activities in the past 12 months.
Five scales were computed by adding the 4 items corresponding to each scale. The upps p impulsivity scale is a 59item inventory designed to measure five distinct features of impulsive behavior. The purpose of this study was to determine whether measures of motivational systems, specifically reward and punishment sensitivity, accounted for. The psychometric properties of a short uppsp impulsive.
The present study used exploratory factor analysis efa and confirmatory factor analysis cfa to examine the factor structure of the sca. Barratt and international society for research on impulsivity is that impulsivity is a multifaceted construct and this multi. Research article open access validation of the short arabic uppsp impulsive behavior scale ghada bteich1, djamal berbiche2 and yasser khazaal3,4,5 abstract background. A german validation of the upps impulsive behavior scale.
P impulsive behavior scale uppsp in a clinical sample of 268 consecutively admitted psychotherapy patients 43. Participants rate their agreement with statements on a 4point. Apr 24, 2017 the upps impulsive behavior scale has been translated into many languages and has been found to have strong psychometric properties in french and german i. The upps p impulsive behavior scale was originally researched and validated in english. The present study used exploratory factor analysis efa and confirmatory factor analysis cfa to examine the factor structure of the scale.
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. The scale uses a 1 agree strongly to 4 disagree strongly response format. Validation of the short arabic uppsp impulsive behavior scale. Upps p child below are a number of statements that describe ways in which people act and think. 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. Uppsp impulsive behavior scale uppsp betterworld healthcare. Impulsivity and attention deficithyperactivity disorder. Participants respond to each item using a 4point likert scale. Positive urgency to act impulsively while facing intense positive emotional situations. The turkish versions of upps impulsive behavior scale and statetrait anger expression inventory and an intake form were administered to 91 psychiatric inpatients. In healthy controls hc, the prevalence of nssi was. A subgroup of participants n 145 took part in a followup study and completed the scale twice to determine testretest stability. Subjects completed the uppsp impulsive behaviour scale 11 and bdi 12.
Assessment of impulsivity with selfreport scales and. From this work and from a number of successive works 15, 16 emerged the 59item upps p impulsive behavior scale with five different facets of impulsivity. Below are a number of statements that descibe ways in which people act and think. Although supporting data are currently lacking, the bis11 also may be useful in measuring. Negative urgency, lack of perseverance, lack of premeditation, sensation seeking, and positive urgency. 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. In the present study 384 participants 278 women and 106 men. I prefer to make it so that all of the scales run in the direction that higher scores. The uppsp is a 59item selfreport that assesses five subscales urgency, premeditation, perseverance, sensation seeking, and positive urgency that are used to measure five distinct dimensions of impulse behavior in adolescents and adults ages 12 and older. Construct versus goal activation effects on memory, evaluations and choice abstract marketers and academic scholars have long been interested in understanding what drives impulsive behavior.
Uppsp impulsive behavior scale science of behavior change. The uppsp impulsive behavior scale is a 59item measure of factors that could lead to impulsive behaviors. Urgency, perseverance, premeditation and sensation seeking impulsive behavior scale p uppsp impulsive behavior scale whiteside sp. Upps p impulsive behavior scale in a sample of college students. Items with an r are reverse coded, so that higher values indicate more impulsive behavior. Upps dimensions of impulsivity journal of individual. Uppsp agree strongly 1 agree somewhat 2 disagree somewhat 3. 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. Upps p impulsive behavior scale upps p description the upps p impulsive behavior scale cyders et al. Cronbach alpha reliability of the turkish version of the upps impulsive behavior scale was 0. The uppsp impulsive behavior scale is a promising measure of impulsivity facets involved in the etiology of externalizing behaviors e.
The uppsp scale highlights five complementary impulsivity constructs i. The aim of the present study was to validate a short, 20item french version of the uppsp. Upps p impulsive behavior scale upps p is a revised version of. Lynam, 20 the short uppsp is a 20item selfreport measure of impulsivity. Examination of a short version of the uppsp impulsive behavior. This is a pdf file of an unedited manuscript that has. Measurement and structural invariance of the uppsp impulsive behavior scale. Validation of a short french version of the uppsp impulsive. Pdf development and validation of a short italian uppsp. 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. Whalen dj, gilbert ke, jackson jj, barch dm, luby jl. Note that some versions do not include positive urgency subscale as they used the upps scale before the introduction of positive urgency. Most downloaded most cited articles most frequent authors most frequent first authors most frequent keywords most frequent psycinfo index terms most frequent psycinfo. The relationship between the uppsp impulsivity dimensions.
The present study investigated the association between nonsuicidal selfinjury characteristics, functions, and the upps p impulsivityrelated traits in highschool students using selfreport questionnaires. Externalizing behavior, the uppsp impulsive behavior scale. Using a structural model of personality to understand impulsivity. In the present study, we investigated the association between nonsuicidal selfinjury nssi and the uppsp impulsivity facets in eating disorder patients and healthy controls. Factor structure, measurement and structural invariance, and external validity of an abbreviated youth version of the upps p impulsive behavior scale. Disentangling impulsiveness, aggressiveness and impulsive aggression. The uppsp is a 59item selfreport that assesses five subscales urgency, premeditation, perseverance, sensation seeking. The scale can be used with adults or adolescents to identify the separate personality facets that have been previously. The upps p impulsive behavior scale is a promising measure of impulsivity facets involved in the etiology of externalizing behaviors e. All items are scored on a likert scale from 1 i agree stronglyto4i disagree strongly. The upps p impulsive behavior scale is a 59item measure of factors that could lead to impulsive behaviors.
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. The uppsp impulsive behavior scale, measuring five distinct facets of. The relationship between nonsuicidal selfinjury and the. It was derived by including existing scales of impulsivity in factor analysis. P impulsive behavior scale upps p in a clinical sample of 268 consecutively admitted psychotherapy patients 43. P impulsive behavior scale1, which assesses fi ve distinct impulsivity traits positive urgency, negative urgency, lack of premeditation, lack of perseverance, and sensation seeking. Total subscale or mean subscale scores can be calculated. Agitated behavior scale patient period of observation.
This scale is a 20item questionnaire that evaluates five facets of impulsivity. All items are rated on a four point scale from 1 strongly agree to 4 strongly disagree. These changes are often due to injury to the brain, particularly to the frontal lobes. Uppsp impulsive behavior scale nathan kline institute. The psychometric properties of a short uppsp impulsive behavior. Because the items from different scales run in different directions, it is important to make sure that the correct items are reversescored.
A clerical error was included in the scoring of this scale in the original article. Uppsp model impulsivity and marijuana use behaviors in adolescents. The italian uppsp replicated the internal consistency coefficients of the original uppsp 0. We suggest making all of the scales run in the direction such that higher scores indicate more impulsive behavior. Upps impulsive behavior scale version anglaise originale. Personality traits were measured using the 4 subscales of the upps impulsive behavior scale upps. Risky, impulsive, and selfdestructive behavior questionnaire. Uppsp impulsive behavior scale uppsp is a revised version of. Often bullied, threatened, or intimidated others no yes. Impulsive behaviour following brain injury is when a person does or says things without thinking in advance. Reliability and validity of the italian translation of the. Upps is a selfreport scale composed by 40 items assessing four factors of impulsivity. 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. One key issue that has not yet been examined in extant literature is the dynamics of the mental processes that drive.
Measurement and structural invariance of the upps p impulsive behavior scale. Examination of a short version of the uppsp impulsive. 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. The italian upps p replicated the internal consistency coefficients of the original upps p 0. Urgency, premeditation lack of, perseverance lack of, sensation seeking, positive urgency, impulsive behavior scale. Therefore, we include the scoring key for, negative urgency, lack of premeditation, lack of perseverance, sensation seeking, and positive urgency. Externalizing behavior, the uppsp impulsive behavior. Cyders indiana university purdue university indianapolis, department of psychology.
The uppsp model of impulsivity proposes that impulsivity as a multifaceted and multidimensional construct, comprising five impulsive personality traits. Measuring waiting impulsivity in substance addictions and binge. Rarelynever 1 occasionally 2 often 3 almost alwaysalways 4. Compared to male students, female students engaged more often in cutting and less in head banging. Lynam, 20 the short upps p is a 20item selfreport measure of impulsivity. The aim of the present study was to validate a short, 20item french version of the upps p. Remember when you mess up and make an impulsive decision that does not end up well, try to. Factor analysis of the brazilian version of upps impulsive. The psychometric properties of this spanish version were analyzed using the rasch model, and the factor structure was examined using confirmatory factor analysis. The uppsp impulsivity scale is a 59item inventory designed to measure five distinct features of impulsive behavior. The impulsive behavior scale suppsp is an instrument composed of 20 items rated on a fourpoint likert scale. Nov 05, 2009 two studies utilizing paperpencil and computerized administration replicated the internal structure of the upps, provided evidence for convergent and discriminant validity utilizing self and peerreports, demonstrated incremental validity for the upps scale over the respective personality facets, and investigated the relationships between.
Six hundred fifty participants filled out the short french uppsp. Jan 07, 2020 impulsivity and attention deficithyperactivity disorder. Uppsp impulsive behavior scale in a sample of college students. Uppsp model impulsivity and marijuana use behaviors in. To examine the internal consistency and factor structure of the brazilian adaptation of the upps impulsive behavior scale. 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.
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