Positive and negative urgency as a single coherent construct: Evidence from a large‐scale network analysis in clinical and non‐clinical samples
Joël Billieux
(1)
,
Alexandre Heeren
(2)
,
Lucien Rochat
(3)
,
Pierre Maurage
(2)
,
Sophie Bayard
(4)
,
Romain Bet
(5)
,
Chrystel Besche-Richard
(6)
,
Gaëlle Challet-Bouju
(7, 8)
,
Arnaud Carré
(9, 10)
,
Gaëtan Devos
(2)
,
Maèva Flayelle
(1)
,
Fabien Gierski
(11)
,
Marie Grall-Bronnec
(7, 8)
,
Laurence Kern
(12, 13)
,
Yasser Khazaal
(1)
,
Christophe Lançon
(14, 15)
,
Séverine Lannoy
(16)
,
George Michael
(5)
,
Stéphane Raffard
(17)
,
Lucia Romo
(12)
,
Martial van der Linden
(18)
,
Aline Wéry
(19)
,
Natale Canale
(20)
,
Daniel King
(21)
,
Adriano Schimmenti
(22)
,
Stéphanie Baggio
(23)
1
UNIL -
Université de Lausanne = University of Lausanne
2 UCL - Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain
3 UNIGE - Université de Genève = University of Geneva
4 UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3
5 EMC - Laboratoire d'Etude des Mécanismes Cognitifs
6 C2S - Cognition, Santé, Société
7 Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, UIC Psychiatrie et Santé Mentale, F-44000 Nantes, France
8 SPHERE - MethodS in Patients-centered outcomes and HEalth ResEarch
9 CESP - Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations
10 LIP-PC2S - Laboratoire Inter-universitaire de Psychologie : Personnalité, Cognition, Changement Social
11 GRAP - Groupe de Recherche sur l'alcool et les pharmacodépendances - UMR INSERM_S 1247 UPJV
12 CliPsyD - Clinique, Psychanalyse, Développement
13 LINP2 - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire en Neurosciences, Physiologie et psychologie
14 CEReSS - Centre d'études et de recherche sur les services de santé et la qualité de vie
15 CHU Conception Marseille
16 VCU - Virginia Commonwealth University
17 EPSYLON - Dynamique des capacités humaines et des conduites de santé
18 University of Geneva, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
19 IPSY - Psychological Sciences Research Institute [Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgique]
20 Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova
21 College of Education, Psychology, and Social Work, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, Australia
22 Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, UKE—Kore University of Enna, Enna, Italy
23 Division of Prison Health, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
2 UCL - Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain
3 UNIGE - Université de Genève = University of Geneva
4 UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3
5 EMC - Laboratoire d'Etude des Mécanismes Cognitifs
6 C2S - Cognition, Santé, Société
7 Nantes Université, CHU Nantes, UIC Psychiatrie et Santé Mentale, F-44000 Nantes, France
8 SPHERE - MethodS in Patients-centered outcomes and HEalth ResEarch
9 CESP - Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations
10 LIP-PC2S - Laboratoire Inter-universitaire de Psychologie : Personnalité, Cognition, Changement Social
11 GRAP - Groupe de Recherche sur l'alcool et les pharmacodépendances - UMR INSERM_S 1247 UPJV
12 CliPsyD - Clinique, Psychanalyse, Développement
13 LINP2 - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire en Neurosciences, Physiologie et psychologie
14 CEReSS - Centre d'études et de recherche sur les services de santé et la qualité de vie
15 CHU Conception Marseille
16 VCU - Virginia Commonwealth University
17 EPSYLON - Dynamique des capacités humaines et des conduites de santé
18 University of Geneva, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
19 IPSY - Psychological Sciences Research Institute [Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgique]
20 Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova
21 College of Education, Psychology, and Social Work, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, Australia
22 Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, UKE—Kore University of Enna, Enna, Italy
23 Division of Prison Health, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Joël Billieux
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 783463
- ORCID : 0000-0002-7388-6194
Alexandre Heeren
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 785554
- ORCID : 0000-0003-0553-6149
- IdRef : 157989976
Résumé
Abstract Aims Negative and positive urgency are emotion‐related impulsivity traits that are thought to be transdiagnostic factors in psychopathology. However, it has recently been claimed that these two traits are closely related to each other and that considering them separately might have limited conceptual and methodological value. The present study aimed to examine whether positive and negative urgency constructs constitute separate impulsivity traits. Methods In contrast to previous studies that have used latent variable approaches, this study employed an item‐based network analysis conducted in two different samples: a large sample of non‐clinical participants ( N = 18,568) and a sample of clinical participants with psychiatric disorders ( N = 385). Results The network analysis demonstrated that items denoting both positive and negative urgency cohere as a single cluster of items termed “general urgency” in both clinical and non‐clinical samples, thereby suggesting that differentiating positive and negative urgency as separate constructs is not necessary. Conclusion These findings have important implications for the conceptualization and assessment of urgency and, more broadly, for future research on impulsivity, personality, and psychopathology.