Another valuable direction of research concerns the role of affect and affect dysregulation in the relationship between impulsivity and alcohol use and related early problems. Colder & Chassin (1997) assessed joint effects of self-reported impulsivity, positive affect, and negative affect on adolescent alcohol use and alcohol-related impairment. Impulsivity was assessed in this study using a modified scale based on the Revelle version of Eysenck’s impulsivity scale (Revelle, Humphreys, Simon, & Gilliland, 1980). Specifically, they focused on the response inhibition and urgency dimensions of impulsivity, and as such, deleted two items from the Revelle scale that focused more on sensation seeking rather than the “core” of impulsivity, which they deem to be urgency. They found that impulsivity moderated the effects of positive affect on both alcohol use and alcohol-related impairment. They also found that impulsive adolescents with low positive affect consumed more alcohol and experienced more alcohol-related impairment compared to impulsive adolescents with high positive affect or non-impulsive adolescents (Colder & Chassin, 1997). Similarly, another study (Simons, Carey, & Gaher, 2004) examined two aspects of affect dysregulation as risk factors for
