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
DOIAbstract
peer reviewedImpulsivity 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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