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. 2024 Apr;92(2):342-360.
doi: 10.1111/jopy.12825. Epub 2023 Mar 7.

Emotion-related impulsivity across transdiagnostic dimensions of psychopathology

Jennifer G Pearlstein  1   2 , Sheri L Johnson  1 , Kiara R Timpano  3 , Caitlin A Stamatis  3   4 , Morgan Robison  5 , Charles S Carver  3
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Emotion-related impulsivity across transdiagnostic dimensions of psychopathology

Jennifer G Pearlstein et al. J Pers. 2024 Apr.

Abstract

Objective: Several dimensions have received attention for their potential role in explaining shared variance in transdiagnostic symptoms of psychopathology. We hypothesized emotion-related impulsivity, the trait-like tendency toward difficulty restraining responses to emotion, would relate to symptoms of psychopathology, with two separable dimensions of emotion-related impulsivity relating distinctly to internalizing and externalizing symptoms.

Method: Across two studies, we tested hypotheses using structural equation models of emotion-related impulsivity and multiple indicators of internalizing, externalizing, and thought symptoms.

Results: In Study 1 (658 undergraduates), emotion-related impulsivity was highly correlated with the general psychopathology (p) factor. In study 2 (421 Mechanical Turk participants), models did not support a general p factor; however, we replicated the hypothesized associations of emotion-related impulsivity dimensions with internalizing and externalizing factors. Across both studies, forms of emotion-related impulsivity uniquely and differentially related to internalizing and externalizing symptoms.

Conclusions: Findings indicate emotion-related impulsivity may help explain transdiagnostic dimensions of psychopathology, such as the p factor.

Keywords: emotion-related impulsivity; p factor; psychopathology; urgency.

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