TY - JOUR PY - 2021// TI - Relations between child temperament and adolescent negative urgency in a high-risk sample JO - Journal of research in personality A1 - Eisenberg, Nancy A1 - Elam, Kit K. A1 - Grimm, Kevin J. A1 - Ruof, Ariana R. A1 - Bui, Leena A1 - Chassin, Laurie A1 - Blake, Austin J. A1 - Sternberg, Ariel A1 - Waddell, Jack T. SP - e56 EP - e56 VL - 90 IS - N2 - Negative urgency, rash action during negative mood states, is a strong predictor of risky behavior. However, its developmental antecedents remain largely unstudied. The current study tested whether childhood temperament served as a developmental antecedent to adolescent negative urgency. Participants (N=239) were from a longitudinal study oversampled for a family history of alcohol use disorder (AUD). Negative emotionality (anger and sadness reactivity) and effortful control were measured in childhood (5-8) and negative urgency in adolescence (13-18). Childhood anger reactivity was uniquely related to later negative urgency above and beyond sadness reactivity. Effortful control was not related to later negative urgency; however, a latent variable capturing the shared variance between childhood effortful control and anger reactivity was related to later negative urgency.
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LA - en SN - 0092-6566 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2020.104056 ID - ref1 ER -