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Impulsivity and Intrusive Thoughts: Related Manifestations of Self-Control Difficulties? View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by RERO DOC Digital Library Cogn Ther Res (2011) 35:293–303 DOI 10.1007/s10608-010-9317-z ORIGINAL ARTICLE Impulsivity and Intrusive Thoughts: Related Manifestations of Self-Control Difficulties? Philippe Gay • Ralph E. Schmidt • Martial Van der Linden Published online: 15 May 2010 Ó Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 Abstract Impulsive behaviors and intrusive thoughts are Introduction prominent in psychopathology. Two studies were con- ducted to explore their relationships. In Study 1, 250 par- Self-control can broadly be defined as the ability to regu- ticipants completed the UPPS Impulsive Behavior Scale late one’s thoughts, emotions, impulses, and behavior and the Thought Control Ability Questionnaire (TCAQ). In (Baumeister and Vohs 2007). Difficulties with self-control Study 2 involving a sample of 97 female students, the are a typical feature of individuals showing a high level of relations between impulsivity and different types of impulsivity (Whiteside and Lynam 2001). These difficul- thought control difficulties were examined. Both negative ties comprise cognitive distractibility, emotional instabil- urgency and lack of perseverance were significantly related ity, and behavior that is poorly conceived, prematurely to the tendency to experience intrusive thoughts as mea- expressed, unduly risky, or inappropriate to the situation sured by the TCAQ, the Penn State Worry Questionnaire, and often resulting in undesirable outcomes (Daruna and the obsessing subscale of the Obsessive–Compulsive Barnes 1993; Evenden 1999). Impulsivity-driven self-reg- Inventory-Revised, and an intrusion subscale of the White ulation problems have been associated with a wide range of Bear Suppression Inventory. Regression analyses revealed problematic behaviors and pathological states, such as that negative urgency and lack of perseverance indepen- borderline personality disorder (Miller et al. 2003; White- dently contributed to worries and thought control difficul- side and Lynam 2001; Whiteside et al. 2005), risky ties and that negative urgency was the strongest predictor behaviors (Cyders et al. 2007; Miller et al. 2003; Smith of all types of intrusions. On the basis of these findings, the et al. 2007), craving for alcohol (Cyders et al. 2007) and authors discuss cognitive processes and content that may tobacco (Billieux et al. 2007), and obsessive–compulsive be related the different facets of impulsivity. disorder (OCD) (Ettelt et al. 2007; Li and Chen 2007). Intrusive thoughts are also typically viewed as an Keywords Impulsivity Á Thought suppression Á expression of lack in self-control (Baumeister and Vohs Intrusion Á Worry Á Self-control 2007). Intrusions can be defined in terms of processes (unintended, difficult to control, often interrupting the ongoing activity) and content (generally associated with negative affect) (Clark and Purdon 1995). For example, even if worries and obsessions share some similarities, these two types of unwanted intrusive thoughts may be & P. Gay ( ) Á R. E. Schmidt Á M. Van der Linden distinguished both in terms of processes (e.g., when com- Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Rue des Battoirs 7, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland pared with worries, obsessions are more spontaneous, e-mail: [email protected] quick and unwanted) and content (e.g., when compared with obsessions, worries are more ego-syntonic and related P. Gay Á R. E. Schmidt Á M. Van der Linden to everyday life concerns) (Clark and Rhyno 2005; Julien Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Geneva, Boulevard et al. 2007; Langlois et al. 2000; Turner et al. 1992; Wells du Pont d’Arve 40, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland and Morrison 1994). The experience of unwanted intrusive 123 294 Cogn Ther Res (2011) 35:293–303 thoughts represents a common thread running through a analyses for men and women, it turned out that the asso- large number of psychopathological states, for example, ciation between lack of perseverance and intrusive thoughts anxiety disorders (e.g., generalized anxiety disorder, spe- only held for the former. cific phobia, OCD, post-traumatic stress disorder), insom- One reason for the complexity of the overall picture of nia, and some forms of depression and psychotic states results certainly resides in the fact that the umbrella term of (Clark and Rhyno 2005; Julien et al. 2007; Nolen-Hoek- ‘‘impulsivity’’ refers to various facets of personality and sema 2000; Rassin 2005). processes that are distinctly related to intrusive thoughts. A Despite the evident commonalities between impulsivity further complication arises from the fact that the mentioned and intrusive thoughts, their mutual relations have rarely studies all employed traditional measures of impulsivity, been examined in previous research, and the few studies that which capture the different facets of this construct in partly have done so produced somewhat equivocal evidence. inconsistent ways. In an attempt to develop a comprehensive Nagtegaal and Rassin (2004), for example, examined the model of impulsivity that allows to overcome inconsisten- relations between impulsivity, thought suppression and cies between existing approaches, Whiteside and Lynam intrusions in a Dutch student sample. In order to capture a (2001) devised the UPPS Impulsive Behavior Scale which wide range of impulsivity-related traits, these authors used measures four dimensions of impulsivity: (1) negative three different measures: a preliminary version of the 11th urgency, defined as the tendency to act rashly, especially revision of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11a, Barratt in situations of intense negative affect; (2) premeditation, 1994), the clinical scale Hypomania from the Minnesota defined as the tendency to plan and to consider the conse- Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2, Butcher quences of an act before engaging in it; (3) perseverance, et al. 1989), and three subscales (impulsiveness, risk-taking, defined as the ability to remain focused on a task that may be and sensation-seeking) from the Eysenck Personality Pro- boring or difficult; and (4) sensation seeking, defined as the filer (EPP, Eysenck et al. 1996). Thought suppression and tendency to enjoy and pursue activities that are exciting, and intrusions were evaluated by means of the Dutch version of openness to trying new experiences. the White Bear Suppression Inventory (WBSI, Wegner and Using the UPPS approach to impulsivity, recent studies Zanakos 1994), which falls into a ‘‘thoughtsuppression’’and have provided some evidence for links between negative an ‘‘unwanted intrusive thoughts’’ subscale (Muris et al. urgency, lack of perseverance, and intrusive thoughts. In an 1996; Rassin 2003). Contrary to expectations, the authors adolescent sample, d’Acremont and Van der Linden (2007) did not find any significant relations between the dif- showed that inappropriate emotion regulation strategies ferent measures of impulsivity, thought suppression, and such as rumination and self-blame were correlated with intrusions. negative urgency. In an investigation of sleep disturbances More recently, Aidman and Kollaras-Mitsinikos (2006) in a student population, Schmidt et al. (2008b) found that conducted a study with a sample of outpatients from a negative urgency and lack of perseverance were related to trauma unit and found a positive correlation between the insomnia severity. Critically, however, only negative impulsiveness score of the I7 Impulsiveness–Venture- urgency was associated with the frequency of intrusive someness–Empathy questionnaire (Eysenck et al. 1985) and thoughts and images during the presleep period. A medi- post-traumatic stress intrusion symptoms but not avoidance ation analysis revealed that the effect of negative urgency symptoms as measured by the Impact of Event Scale on insomnia severity was partially mediated by the expe- (Horowitz et al. 1979). In a study involving OCD patients, rience of intrusions when trying to fall asleep. These results Ettelt et al. (2007) also obtained evidence for a link between have been replicated with bedtime counterfactual thoughts impulsivity and specific types of intrusive thoughts: Cog- such as regrets, shame or guilt (Schmidt and Van der nitive impulsiveness, as measured by the latest version of Linden 2009). In another study (Schmidt et al. 2010), both the BIS-11 (Patton et al. 1995), turned out to be positively lack of perseverance and negative urgency related to the correlated with aggressive thoughts, aggressive impulses, thought-control strategies of worry and thought suppres- and checking symptoms as assessed by the Padua Inventory sion, which mediated the effects of these two facets of (Sanavio 1988). Finally, in a study involving a large non- impulsivity on sleep problems. More directly related to the clinical sample of adolescents, Li and Chen (2007) found present study, an investigation of obsessive and compulsive that the Maudsley Obsessive–Compulsive Inventory tendencies in a student population (Zermatten and Van der (Hodgson and Rachman 1977) factor ‘‘doubt and intrusive Linden 2008) found that both negative urgency and lack of thoughts’’ correlated positively with the Chinese BIS-11 perseverance were linked to obsessive thoughts. Finally, in factor ‘‘lack of perseverance and self-control’’, whereas the yet another study, lower perseverance was related to higher factors ‘‘inability to plan and look ahead’’ and
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