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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Psychol Rev. 2008 Sep 7;28(8):1413–1425. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2008.09.001

Table 2.

Categorization of General vs. Specific Scales by the authors. Scales in which 75% of items solely assessed one impulsivity construct were categorized as specific. All urgency and persistence scales were classified as specific.

Lack of Planning
        General Scales             Specific Scales
Total BIS scale (Patton, et al, 1995) UPPS- R Deliberation Scale (Whiteside & Lynam, 2001)
Total I-7 (Eysenck, et al, 1985) NEO-PI-R Deliberation Facet (Costa & McCrae, 1992)
IPIP Cautiousness Facet (Goldberg, 1999)
Temperament and Character Inventory Impulsiveness vs. Control Facet (Cloninger, 1991)
Dimensional Assessment of Personality Pathology Basic Questionnaire (Livesley, Jackson, & Schroeder, 1992) Impulsivity items
I-7 Impulsiveness scale (Eysenck, et al, 1985)
Dysfunctional Impulsivity (Dickman)
Sensation Seeking
General Scales             Specific Scales
TCI Novelty Seeking (Cloninger, et al, 1991) NEO PI-R Excitement Seeking (Costa & McCrae, 1992)
Total Sensation Seeking Scale (Zuckerman, 1994) I-7 Venturesomeness (Eysenck, et al, 1985)
Sensation seeking/ risky impulsiveness scale designed by Steiger, et al (Steiger, et al., 1991) UPPS - R Sensation Seeking Scale
Sensation Seeking Scale TAS Facet (Zuckerman, 1994)