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Psychiatric Quarterly
Published in: Psychiatric Quarterly 2/2015

01-06-2015 | Original Paper

Constructive Thinking Skills and Impulsivity Dimensions in Conduct and Substance Use Disorders: Differences and Relationships in an Adolescents’ Sample

Authors: Sébastien Urben, Maya Suter, Sandrine Pihet, Claudio Straccia, Philippe Stéphan

Published in: Psychiatric Quarterly | Issue 2/2015

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Abstract

Impact of conduct disorder (CD) and substance use disorder (SUD) on constructive thinking skills and impulsivity was explored. 71 offending adolescents were assessed for CD and SUD. Furthermore, the constructive thinking inventory, the immediate and delayed memory tasks and the UPPS impulsive behaviour scale were administered. Results showed that youths with CD, independently from SUD, presented higher personality impulsivity (urgency) and altered constructive thinking skills (categorical thinking and personal superstitious thinking). Furthermore, trait-impulsivity explained variation in constructive thinking skills. The implications of these results were discussed.
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This subscale only appears in 2001 in the CTI manual (Epstein, 2001).
 
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Metadata
Title
Constructive Thinking Skills and Impulsivity Dimensions in Conduct and Substance Use Disorders: Differences and Relationships in an Adolescents’ Sample
Authors
Sébastien Urben
Maya Suter
Sandrine Pihet
Claudio Straccia
Philippe Stéphan
Publication date
01-06-2015
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Psychiatric Quarterly / Issue 2/2015
Print ISSN: 0033-2720
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6709
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-014-9320-8

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