The Relationship of Urgency to Impulsive Decision-Making During Heightened Affective States in Problem Drinkers
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ohiou15299380041662882021-08-03T07:07:20Z The Relationship of Urgency to Impulsive Decision-Making During Heightened Affective States in Problem Drinkers Morgan, Brittni V. Clinical Psychology impulsivity substance abuse personality decision-making Problematic alcohol use remains a significant public health concern among college student populations. Individual differences in the personality traits of neuroticism and impulsivity, particularly its urgency facets, have been found to place some individuals at greater risk for problematic alcohol use. Both positive and negative urgency have been shown to strongly relate to and predict problematic alcohol use outcomes across various populations, including college students. Notably, the vast majority of urgency studies have used only self-report measures, have not controlled for neuroticism, and have not measured actual engagement in impulsive or risky behaviors on behavioral measures of impulsivity such as the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT). Impaired performance on the IGT has been demonstrated in substance users, at-risk groups, and individuals with higher levels of impulsivity and urgency. However, studies that have examined the relationship between urgency and behavioral performance on the IGT have done so in a neutral affective state, without manipulation of mood. The present study examined the relationship between positive and negative urgency and decision-making performance on the IGT after mood induction, controlling for neuroticism. 159 undergraduates who reported high-risk alcohol use on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT; Saunders et al., 1993) were randomly assigned to a positive, negative, or neutral mood induction group and completed the IGT after mood induction. After controlling for neuroticism, both negative and positive urgency were associated with use of hard drugs, and negative urgency was associated with AUDIT total score; however, contrary to previous findings, the urgency traits were not associated with any other indicators of problematic substance use we examined. Results suggest that the urgency traits relate differentially to indicators of problematic substance use in males and females, which should be taken into consideration by clinicians and in future studies. Also contrary to hypotheses, the urgency traits were not related to impulsive decision-making on the IGT, and mood condition did not moderate the relationship between urgency traits and IGT performance. It is likely that our visual mood manipulation procedure was not effective at eliciting a sufficient emotion state so as to induce impulsive behaviors in those with elevated urgency. Results suggest that, while both self-report measures of the urgency traits and the IGT are designed to assess impulsivity, they are likely measuring distinct processes. 2018-10-01 English text Ohio University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1529938004166288 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1529938004166288 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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Clinical Psychology impulsivity substance abuse personality decision-making Morgan, Brittni V. The Relationship of Urgency to Impulsive Decision-Making During Heightened Affective States in Problem Drinkers |
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The Relationship of Urgency to Impulsive Decision-Making During Heightened Affective States in Problem Drinkers |
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The Relationship of Urgency to Impulsive Decision-Making During Heightened Affective States in Problem Drinkers |
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The Relationship of Urgency to Impulsive Decision-Making During Heightened Affective States in Problem Drinkers |
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relationship of urgency to impulsive decision-making during heightened affective states in problem drinkers |
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2018 |
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