Development and validation of a short Italian UPPS-P impulsive behavior scale

Addictive Behaviors Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 19-22

  D'Orta, Isabella ^a   Burnay, Jonathan ^b   Aiello, Daniela ^c   Niolu, Cinzia ^c   Siracusano, Alberto ^c   Timpanaro, Lucia ^a   Khazaal, Yasser ^a   Billieux, Joël ^d  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Impulsivity; Short form; UPPS; UPPS P

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; ITALY; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SENSATION SEEKING; UPPS P IMPULSIVE BEHAVIORAL SCALE; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84930003358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23528532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.abrep.2015.04.003     Document Type: Article

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