A path model of different forms of impulsivity with externalizing and internalizing psychopathology: Towards greater specificity

作者：Johnson Sheri L^*; Tharp Jordan A; Peckham Andrew D; Carver Charles S; Haase Claudia M

来源：British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2017, 56(3): 235-252.

DOI：10.1111/bjc.12135

• aggression
• anxiety
• depression
• impulsivity
• psychopathology
• urgency

ObjectivesA growing empirical literature indicates that emotion-related impulsivity (compared to impulsivity that is unrelated to emotion) is particularly relevant for understanding a broad range of psychopathologies. Recent work, however, has differentiated two forms of emotion-related impulsivity: A factor termed Pervasive Influence of Feelings captures tendencies for emotions (mostly negative emotions) to quickly shape thoughts, and a factor termed Feelings Trigger Action captures tendencies for positive and negative emotions to quickly and reflexively shape behaviour and speech. This study used path modelling to consider links from emotion-related and non-emotion-related impulsivity to a broad range of psychopathologies.
Design and methodsUndergraduates completed self-report measures of impulsivity, depression, anxiety, aggression, and substance use symptoms.
ResultsA path model (N=261) indicated specificity of these forms of impulsivity. Pervasive Influence of Feelings was related to anxiety and depression, whereas Feelings Trigger Action and non-emotion-related impulsivity were related to aggression and substance use.
ConclusionsThe findings of this study suggest that emotion-relevant impulsivity could be a potentially important treatment target for a set of psychopathologies.

• 出版日期2017-9
• 单位西北大学