Taken together, there is an emerging body of research that provides a solid foundation for the association between impulsivity and alcohol abuse, but moving forward it is important to target key areas that provide greater structure and depth, including more research directed at better understanding the multidimensional nature of impulsivity, expanding the scope of impulsivity measurement to aversive stimuli, ascertaining causal, mechanistic relationships between impulsivity and alcohol use phenomena, and impulsivity as a target for alcohol interventions.
