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 alcohol-related problems in an undergraduate sample. They found that affective vulnerability and impulsivity increased risk for alcohol problems even after controlling for gender and lifetime-use frequency. Further, this relationship was greatest among participants with the highest levels of impulsivity, defined using the emotional control questionnaire (Roger & Najarian, 1989) that assesses control over impulses, both benign and aggressive. The results demonstrate that individual differences in impulse control associated with alcohol-related problems in young adults.
