Do Different Facets of Impulsivity Predict Different Types of Aggression?

作者：Derefinko Karen^*; DeWall C Nathan; Metze Amanda V; Walsh Erin C; Lynam Donald R

来源：Aggressive Behavior, 2011, 37(3): 223-233.

DOI：10.1002/ab.20387

• UPPS
• intimate partner violence
• impulsivity
• sensation seeking
• urgency

This study examined the relations between impulsivity-related traits (as assessed by the UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale) and aggressive behaviors. Results indicated that UPPS-P Lack of Premeditation and Sensation Seeking were important in predicting general violence. In contrast, UPPS-P Urgency was most useful in predicting intimate partner violence. To further explore relations between intimate partner violence and Urgency, a measure of autonomic response to pleasant and aversive stimuli and facets of Neuroticism from the NEO PI-R were used as control variables. Autonomic responsivity was correlated with intimate partner violence at the zero-order level, and predicted significant variance in intimate partner violence in regression equations. However, UPPS-P Urgency was able to account for unique variance in intimate partner violence, above and beyond measures of Neuroticism and arousal. Implications regarding the use of a multifaceted conceptualization of impulsivity in the prediction of different types of violent behavior are discussed. Aggr. Behav. 37:223-233, 2011.

• 出版日期2011-6