Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluacion y Tratamiento Psicologico, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain.
J Pers Assess. 2010 Jan;92(1):70-7. doi: 10.1080/00223890903382369.
Impulsivity is a multifaceted construct central to several forms of psychopathology. Recently, Lynam, Smith, Whiteside, and Cyders (2006) developed the UPPS-P scale, a multidimensional inventory that assesses 5 personality pathways contributing to impulsive behavior: negative urgency, lack of perseverance, lack of premeditation, sensation seeking, and positive urgency. In this study, we aimed (a) to analyze the psychometric properties of a Spanish version of the UPPS-P scale and (b) to explore the relationship between the different dimensions of the UPPS-P scale and conceptually related constructs including trait measures derived from different models of impulsive personality (the Gray's [1987] and Plutchik's [1984] models) and a state measure of cognitive impulsivity, the Delay-Discounting Test (Kirby, Petry, & Bickel, 1999). We administered the UPPS-P scale along with the Sensitivity to Punishment and Sensitivity to Reward Questionnaire (Torrubia, Avila, Molto, & Caseras, 2001), the Plutchik Impulsivity Scale (Plutchik & Van Praag, 1989), and the Delay-Discounting Test to a sample of 150 undergraduate students. Results showed that the Spanish adaptation of the UPPS-P scale have appropriate psychometric properties. Different dimensions of the UPPS-P were differentially associated with predicted conceptually related constructs. We conclude that the Spanish adaptation of the UPPS-P scale is a useful instrument for fine-grained assessment of impulsivity in Spanish-speaking adult population.
冲动性是几种精神病理学的核心多方面结构。最近,莱纳姆、史密斯、惠特斯德和赛德斯(2006)开发了 UPPS-P 量表,这是一种多维量表,评估了 5 种导致冲动行为的人格途径:负性冲动、缺乏毅力、缺乏预谋、寻求刺激和正性冲动。在这项研究中,我们旨在(a)分析 UPPS-P 量表西班牙语版本的心理测量特性,(b)探索 UPPS-P 量表的不同维度与概念相关结构之间的关系,包括来自不同冲动人格模型(格雷的[1987]和普拉奇克的[1984]模型)和认知冲动的状态衡量标准,即延迟折扣测试(基尔比、佩特里和比克尔,1999)的特质衡量标准。我们给 150 名大学生发放了 UPPS-P 量表以及惩罚敏感性和奖励敏感性问卷(托鲁比亚、阿维拉、莫尔托和卡塞拉斯,2001)、普卢奇克冲动量表(普卢奇克和范普拉格,1989)和延迟折扣测试。结果表明,UPPS-P 量表的西班牙语版本具有适当的心理测量特性。UPPS-P 的不同维度与预测的概念相关结构有不同的关联。我们得出结论,UPPS-P 量表的西班牙语版本是评估西班牙语裔成年人冲动性的有用工具。