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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2013 Apr 11;37(9):1441–1450. doi: 10.1111/acer.12131

Table 1.

Separation of Impulsivity into Theoretical Categorizations

Disposition Measure Reference*
Lack of planning NEO-PI-R deliberation scale Costa and McCrae (1992)
Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire control scale Tellegen (1982)
Personality Research Form impulsivity scale Jackson (1984)
Eysenck’s I-7 impulsivity scale Eysenck et al. (1985)
Temperament and Character Inventory impulsivity scale Cloninger (1987)
Buss and Plomin’s decision time scale Buss and Plomin (1975)
Barratt’s lack of planning and motor impulsivity scales Patton et al. (1995)
Barratt’s attentional impulsivity Patton et al. (1995)
UPPS Whiteside and Lynam (2001)
Differential Personality Inventory Jackson and Messick (1971)
Lack of perseverance NEO-PI-R self-discipline scale Costa and McCrae (1992)
Sensation Seeking Scale disinhibition and boredom susceptibility Zuckerman (1994)
Buss and Plomin’s persistence scale Buss and Plomin (1975)
UPPS Whiteside and Lynam, 2001
Sensation seeking Sensation Seeking Scale, thrill and adventure seeking Zuckerman et al. (1964)
Buss and Plomin’s sensation seeking scale Buss and Plomin (1975)
Eysenck’s venturesomeness scale Eysenck et al. (1985)
NEO-PI-R excitement seeking scale Costa and McCrae (1992)
Dickman’s functional impulsivity scale Dickman (1990)
UPPS Whiteside and Lynam (2001)
Negative urgency Inhibitory control Buss and Plomin (1975)
NEO-PI-R impulsiveness scale Costa and McCrae (1992)
Barratt’s attentional impulsivity Patton, Stanford and Barratt (1995)
UPPS Whiteside and Lynam (2001)
Positive urgency UPPS-P Lynam, Smith, Whiteside, and Cyders (2006)

Note. Table reproduced in part from Dick et al. (2010) with author permission.

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