Impulsivity/disinhibition have been linked to AUDS, such that individuals who meet AUD criteria tend to score higher on both self-report (Bennett, McCrady, Johnson, & Pandina, 1999;McGue, Slutske, Taylor, & Iacono,1997;Trull, Waudby, & Sher, 2004) and laboratory (Kollins, 2003; Petry, 2001, 2002) measures of these traits. Furthermore, impulsivity/disinhibition has prospectively predicted AUDs in both high-risk (Sher, Bartholow, & Wood, 2000) and other samples (Caspi, Moffitt, Newman, & Silva, 1998; Schuckit, 1998).
