A Korean Validation of the UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale in College Students

A sample of 720 college students from 10 different universities at the Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center are investigated using the Social Support Scale, the Prosocial Behavior Scale, and the Interpersonal Trust Scale. Data are analyzed using SPSS20.0 and Amos7.0. Results show that the subjective support and support utilization of college students directly influences prosocial behavior, and indirectly affects prosocial behavior through the influence of emotional trust and quality trust. Additionally, interpersonal trust plays an intermediary role in the influence of social support on pro-social behavior.

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Cortical Thickness Links Impulsive Personality Traits and Risky Behavior

Brain Sciences ◽

10.3390/brainsci9120373 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (12) ◽

pp. 373 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rickie Miglin ◽

Nadia Bounoua ◽

Shelly Goodling ◽

Ana Sheehan ◽

Jeffrey M. Spielberg ◽

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Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Sensation Seeking ◽

Risky Behavior ◽

Factor Model ◽

Community Sample ◽

Self Report ◽

Impulsive Behavior ◽

Behavior Scale ◽

The Right

Impulsive personality traits are often predictive of risky behavior, but not much is known about the neurobiological basis of this relationship. We investigated whether thickness of the cortical mantle varied as a function of impulsive traits and whether such variation also explained recent risky behavior. A community sample of 107 adults (ages 18–55; 54.2% men) completed self-report measures of impulsive traits and risky behavior followed by a neuroimaging protocol. Using the three-factor model of impulsive traits derived from the UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale, analysis of the entire cortical mantle identified three thickness clusters that related to impulsive traits. Sensation seeking was negatively related to thickness in the right pericalcarine cortex, whereas impulsive urgency was positively associated with thickness in the left superior parietal and right paracentral lobule. Notably, follow-up analyses showed that thickness in the right pericalcarine cortex also related to recent risky behavior, with the identified cluster mediating the association between sensation seeking and risky behavior. Findings suggest that reduced thickness in the pericalcarine region partially explains the link between sensation seeking and the tendency to engage in risky behavior, providing new insight into the neurobiological basis of these relationships.

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Measurement Invariance of the UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale Across Age and Sex Across the Adult Life Span

Assessment ◽

10.1177/1073191119832660 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 27 (3) ◽

pp. 432-453 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Evangelia Argyriou ◽

Miji Um ◽

Wei Wu ◽

Melissa A. Cyders

Keyword(s):

Life Span ◽

Sensation Seeking ◽

Adult Life ◽

Impulsive Behavior ◽

Adult Life Span ◽

Adult Age ◽

Item Functioning ◽

Behavior Scale ◽

Mean Differences ◽

Age And Sex

Impulsive personality is a widely used construct for the prediction of multiple clinical problems; however, research has often disregarded important differences in its conceptualization and measurement across age and sex. The goals of this article are to test the invariance of, to compare mean differences in, and to examine the differential validity of the Urgency (negative), Premeditation (lack of), Perseverance (lack of), Sensation Seeking, with added subscale of Positive Urgency (UPPS-P) Impulsive Behavior Scale across adult age and sex. The data for this study were obtained from 799 participants in the Nathan Kline Institute’s Rockland Sample. Multigroup invariance analysis indicated full invariance of the UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale across age and sex. However, invariance analysis as a function of age using Multiple-Indicators Multiple-Causes modeling identified three items with differential item functioning. Sensation Seeking was higher in males and lower as age increased. In general, age and sex did not moderate the relationships between UPPS-P traits and risk-taking behaviors, with the exception of cannabis use. Overall, the results of this study support that the UPPS-P scale can be validly used to assess and compare impulsive personality across the adult life span and sex. We suggest the removal of Items 5, 28, and 51 when using the UPPS-P with older adults to be overly cautious to age invariance effects.

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