The UPPS Impulsive Behavior Scale: Factor structure and associations with college drinking

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1927-1937

  Magid, Viktoriya ^a   Colder, Craig R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Alcohol related problems; Impulsivity; UPPS Impulsive Behavior Scale; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34648836752     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.06.013     Document Type: Article

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