A French adaptation of the UPPS Impulsive Behavior Scale: Confirmatory factor analysis in a sample of undergraduate students

Van der Linden, Martial; d'Acremont, Mathieu; Zermatten, Ariane; Jermann, Françoise C.; Laroi, Frank; Willems, Sylvie; Juillerat Van der Linden, Anne-Claude; Bechara, Antoine

doi:10.1027/1015-5759.22.1.38

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A French adaptation of the UPPS Impulsive Behavior Scale: Confirmatory factor analysis in a sample of undergraduate students

Van der Linden, Martial; d'Acremont, Mathieu; Zermatten, Ariane et al.

2006 • In European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 22 (1), p. 38-42

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impulsivity; personality assessment; factor analysis; questionnaire validity; analyse factorielle; personnalité -- évaluation; validité (outil)

Abstract :

[en] Impulsivity is an important and multifaceted psychological construct. Recently, Whiteside and Lynam (2001) have developed the UPPS Impulsive Behavior Scale that distinguishes four dimensions of impulsivity: Urgency, lack of Premeditation, lack of Perseverance, and Sensation seeking. In the present study, we investigated the psychometric properties of a French adaptation of the UPPS Impulsive Behavior Scale. Two hundred and thirty-four undergraduate students completed the UPPS Scale. Exploratory and confirmatory analyses revealed a four factors solution similar to that found in the original study. Also, the results indicated that there was good to very good internal reliability for the four subscales.

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Social, industrial & organizational psychology

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Van der Linden, Martial ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cognitives > Psychopathologie cognitive

d'Acremont, Mathieu

Zermatten, Ariane

Jermann, Françoise C.

Laroi, Frank ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cognitives > Psychopathologie cognitive

Willems, Sylvie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cognitives > Psychopathologie cognitive

Juillerat Van der Linden, Anne-Claude

Bechara, Antoine

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English

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A French adaptation of the UPPS Impulsive Behavior Scale: Confirmatory factor analysis in a sample of undergraduate students

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2006

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European Journal of Psychological Assessment

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1015-5759

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2151-2426

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Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, Gottingen, Germany

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38-42

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Peer reviewed

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