Positive and negative urgency as a single coherent construct

Evidence from a large‐scale network analysis in clinical and non‐clinical samples

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ID19280331
AutoresJoël Billieux (0000-0002-7388-6194, Institute of Psychology University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland, autor correspondente), Alexandre Heeren (0000-0003-0553-6149, Psychological Science Research Institute Université catholique de Louvain Louvain‐la‐Neuve Belgium), Lucien Rochat (0000-0002-9992-2720, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences University of Geneva Geneva Switzerland), Pierre Maurage (0000-0003-0197-0810, Psychological Science Research Institute Université catholique de Louvain Louvain‐la‐Neuve Belgium), Sophie Bayard (0000-0003-0767-4924, Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3 EPSYLON EA 4556 Montpellier France), Romain Bet (Laboratoire d'Etude des Mécanismes Cognitifs (EA 3082) Université Lyon 2 Lyon France), Chrystel Besche‐Richard (0000-0003-1043-1739, Cognition, Health, Society Laboratory (C2S) Université Reims Champagne‐Ardenne Reims France), Gaëlle Challet‐bouju (0000-0002-2238-8005, Addictology and Psychiatry Department CHU Nantes Nantes France), Alain Carré (0000-0001-9914-5565, Université Savoie Mont Blanc Université Grenoble Alpes Chambéry France), Arnaud Carre, Gaëtan Devos (0000-0002-6772-915X, Psychological Science Research Institute Université catholique de Louvain Louvain‐la‐Neuve Belgium), Maèva Flayelle (0000-0003-2941-6926, Institute of Psychology University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland), Fabien Gierski (0000-0001-9168-2024, Cognition, Health, Society Laboratory (C2S) Université Reims Champagne‐Ardenne Reims France), Marie Grall‐bronnec (0000-0003-0722-7243, Addictology and Psychiatry Department CHU Nantes Nantes France), Laurence Kern (0000-0002-9261-4194, Laboratoire EA 2931, LINP2A Université Paris Nanterre Nanterre France), Yasser Khazaal (0000-0002-8549-6599, Addiction Medicine Department of Psychiatry Lausanne University Hospital and Lausanne University Lausanne Switzerland), Christophe Lançon (0000-0002-0661-5781, Department of Psychiatry, Addictology and Child Psychiatry La Conception University Hospital Public Assistance Marseille Hospitals Marseille France), Séverine Lannoy (0000-0001-7773-4553, Psychological Science Research Institute Université catholique de Louvain Louvain‐la‐Neuve Belgium), George A Michael (0000-0001-9071-4303, Laboratoire d'Etude des Mécanismes Cognitifs (EA 3082) Université Lyon 2 Lyon France), Stéphane Raffard (0000-0001-5563-0323, Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3 EPSYLON EA 4556 Montpellier France), Lucia Romo (0000-0002-9432-0528, Laboratoire EA 4430 CLIPSYD Université Paris Nanterre Nanterre France), Martial Van Der Linden (0000-0002-2225-1834, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences University of Geneva Geneva Switzerland), Aline Wéry (0000-0002-6604-7317, Psychological Science Research Institute Université catholique de Louvain Louvain‐la‐Neuve Belgium), Natale Canale (0000-0002-6032-0490, Department of Developmental and Social Psychology University of Padova Padova Italy), Daniel L King (0000-0002-1762-2581, College of Education, Psychology, and Social Work Flinders University Bedford Park SA Australia), Adriano Schimmenti (0000-0001-5181-2648, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences UKE—Kore University of Enna Enna Italy), Stéphanie Baggio (0000-0002-5347-5937, Division of Prison Health Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva Geneva Switzerland)
Ano2021
Volume89
Fascículo6
Páginas1252-1262
Data de publicação2021-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Personality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-3506 • E-ISSN: 1467-6494
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jopy.12655
PMID34114654
OpenAlexW3169805136
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas21
Referências citadas65

AIMS: Negative and positive urgency are emotion-related impulsivity traits that are thought to be transdiagnostic factors in psychopathology. However, it has recently been claimed that these two traits are closely related to each other and that considering them separately might have limited conceptual and methodological value. The present study aimed to examine whether positive and negative urgency constructs constitute separate impulsivity traits. METHODS: In contrast to previous studies that have used latent variable approaches, this study employed an item-based network analysis conducted in two different samples: a large sample of non-clinical participants (N = 18,568) and a sample of clinical participants with psychiatric disorders (N = 385). RESULTS: The network analysis demonstrated that items denoting both positive and negative urgency cohere as a single cluster of items termed "general urgency" in both clinical and non-clinical samples, thereby suggesting that differentiating positive and negative urgency as separate constructs is not necessary. CONCLUSION: These findings have important implications for the conceptualization and assessment of urgency and, more broadly, for future research on impulsivity, personality, and psychopathology

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