Positive urgency predicts illegal drug use and risky sexual behavior.
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There are several different personality traits that dispose individuals to engage in rash action. One such trait is positive urgency: the tendency to act rashly when experiencing extremely positive affect. This trait may be relevant for college student risky behavior, because it appears that a great deal of college student risky behavior is undertaken during periods of intensely positive mood states. To test this possibility, the authors conducted a longitudinal study designed to predict increases in risky sexual behavior and illegal drug use over the course of the first year of college (n=407). In a well-fitting structural model, positive urgency predicted increases in illegal drug use and risky sexual behavior, even after controlling for time 1 (T1) involvement in both risky behaviors, biological sex, and T1 scores on four other personality dispositions to rash action. The authors discuss the theoretical and practical implications of this finding.
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Impulsivity is associated with more frequent sexual activity, sexual aggression, and risky sexual practices such as unprotected intercourse.
“Impulsivity has been associated with more frequent sexual activity (e.g., Bancroft et al., 2004), sexual aggression (Carvalho & Nobre, 2013), and risky sexual practices such as having unprotected intercourse (e.g., Zapolski, Cyders, & Smith, 2009).”
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- Authors
- Zapolski, T. C. B., Cyders, M. A., & Smith, G. T.
- Affiliations
- University of Kentucky (US)
- Venue
- Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
- Published
- 2009
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 348-354
- ISSN
- 0893-164X (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1501
- PMC
- PMC2709762
- OpenAlex
- W2014330457
- Semantic Scholar
- 2538f9b31a6d77ef53c8029c5a14b6f3aa202e52
- Cited by
- 280
- References
- 47
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 22 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 24 · 2017: 27 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 20 · 2014: 25 · 2013: 19 · 2012: 11
- FWCI
- 8.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA 007304)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (5 F31 AA 016265-03, 1 RO1 AA 016166)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Keywords
- positive urgency, positive affect, illicit drug use, sexual risk behavior, university students, personality traits
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Affect, Female, Humans, Impulsive Behavior, Kentucky, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Personality Assessment, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk-Taking, Set, Psychology, Social Environment, Illicit Drugs, Students, Universities, Substance-Related Disorders, Unsafe Sex, Young Adult
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