Chunk #6 — METHODS — Measures — Key Variables — UPPS Impulsive Behavior Scale (UPPS), Negative Urgency Subscale

Source: Anxiety sensitivity and negative urgency: a pathway to negative reinforcement-related smoking expectancies.
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The UPPS Negative Urgency subscale (Whiteside and Lynam, 2001; Cyders and Smith, 2008) is a 12-item self-report measure of the tendency to act impulsively during negative affective states. Scores range from 12 to 48, and higher scores indicate higher levels of negative urgency. In prior work (Whiteside and Lynam, 2001), the Negative Urgency subscale displayed good internal consistency and construct validity.