Overall, the urgency traits seem to be important predictors of negative consequences from risky and maladaptive actions. The three non-urgency traits we have referred to appear, on the other hand, to play very different roles in risky behaviors. When sensation seeking is considered together with the urgency traits, it consistently predicts, both concurrently and prospectively, the frequency of engaging in risky behaviors (such as drinking and gambling), but it does not relate to problem levels of involvement in those behaviors (Cyders et al., 2007b; Smith et al., 2007a). Lack of planning sometimes adds concurrent predictive power in relation to some risky behaviors (Smith et al., 2007a), but it has not added important prospective predictive power, to date (Cyders et al., 2007b). Lack of perseverance tends to have very few relations with risky behaviors when the other traits are considered (Cyders et al., 2007b; Smith et al., 2007a).
