UPPS Impulsive Behavior Scale (UPPS or UPPS-P)

Whiteside, S. P., & Lynam, D. R. (2001). The Five Factor Model and impulsivity: using a structural model of personality to understand impulsivity. Personality and Individual Differences, 30(4), 669-689. doi: 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00064-7
Scale available in text of originating article: Whiteside & Lynam (2001)


 Table of Contents

Description

History of Use

References

Description:

Purpose
The UPPS was designed to measure impulsivity across dimensions of the Five Factor Model of personality
Questions
45 items using a four point Likert-type scale
Sub-scales
4 sub-scales:
  • Premeditation (lack of)
  • Urgency
  • Sensation Seeking
  • Perseverance (lack of)
Domain

Psychometrics

Sample items
  • I am a cautious person. (premeditation)
  • When I feel rejected, I will often say things that I later regret. (urgency)
  • I would enjoy water skiing. (sensation seeking)
  • Once I get going on something I hate to stop. (perseverance)

References:

Scale:
  • Whiteside, S. P., & Lynam, D. R. (2001). The Five Factor Model and impulsivity: using a structural model of personality to understand impulsivity. Personality and Individual Differences, 30(4), 669-689. doi: 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00064-7
  • Miller, J., Flory, K., Lynam, D., & Leukefeld, C. (2003). A test of the four-factor model of impulsivity-related traits. Personality and Individual Differences, 34(8), 1403-1418. doi: 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00122-8
Uses:
  • Churchill, S., Jessop, D., & Sparks, P. (2008). Impulsive and/or planned behaviour: Can impulsivity contribute to the predictive utility of the theory of planned behaviour? British Journal of Social Psychology, 47, 631-646. doi: 10.1348/014466608x284434
  • Cyders, M. A., & Smith, G. T. (2008). Clarifying the role of personality dispositions in risk for increased gambling behavior. Personality and Individual Differences, 45(6), 503-508. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.06.002
  • Cyders, M. A., & Coskunpinar, A. (2010). Is urgency emotionality? Separating urgent behaviors from effects of emotional experiences. Personality and Individual Differences, 48(7), 839-844. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.02.009
  • Derefinko, K., DeWall, C. N., Metze, A. V., Walsh, E. C., & Lynam, D. R. (2011). Do Different Facets of Impulsivity Predict Different Types of Aggression? Aggressive Behavior, 37(3), 223-233. doi: 10.1002/ab.20387
  • Bayard, S., Abril, B., Yu, H. A., Scholz, S., Carlander, B., & Dauvilliers, Y. (2011). Decision Making in Narcolepsy with Cataplexy. Sleep, 34(1), 99-104.

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