Citation

Johnson SL, Carver CS, Joormann J. J. Affect. Disord. 2013; 150(3): 872-878.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-1650, United States. Electronic address: sljohnson@berkeley.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jad.2013.05.004

PMID

23726781

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: This study explored the hypothesis that impulsive reactions to heightened emotion may reflect a transdiagnostic vulnerability to both externalizing and internalizing symptoms. METHODS: A sample of undergraduates completed self-report measures of aggression, borderline personality disorder symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and alcohol problems, and a subset completed interviews that assessed suicidality. All participants also completed self-report measures relating to impulsivity. We predicted that emotion-reactive impulsivity, but not other aspects of impulsivity, would be related to the set of psychopathology symptoms. RESULTS: Multiple regression analyses found that emotion-reactive impulsivity was uniquely related to each of the psychopathology scales, whereas non-emotion-relevant impulsivity was uniquely related only to alcohol problems. CONCLUSION: Discussion focuses on limitations and clinical implications.

Language: en