A German adaptation of the upps impulsive behavior scale: Psychometric properties and factor structure

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-112

  Schmidt, Ralph E ^a   Gay, Philippe ^a   D'Acremont, Mathieu ^a   Van Der Linden, Martial ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Impulsiveness; Impulsivity; Personality assessment; Questionnaire validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 45549110400     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.67.2.107     Document Type: Article

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