Measuring impulsivity in daily life: The momentary impulsivity scale

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 339-349

  Tomko, Rachel L ^a,b   Solhan, Marika B ^a,b,c   Carpenter, Ryan W ^a,b   Brown, Whitney C ^a,b   Jahng, Seungmin ^a,b,d   Wood, Phillip K ^a,b   Trull, Timothy J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Midwest Alcoholism Research Institute   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ambulatory assessment; Borderline personality disorder; Clinical samples; Depressive disorders; Ecological momentary assessment; Factor structure; Impulsivity; Reliability; Scale development; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOMENTARY IMPULSIVITY SCALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84901821127     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035083     Document Type: Article

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