What Predicts What? Self-Reported and Behavioral Impulsivity and High-Risk Patterns of Alcohol Use in Spanish Early Adolescents: A 2-Year Longitudinal Study.
Sergio Fernández-ArtamendiVíctor Martínez-LoredoAris Grande-GosendeIan Craig SimpsonJose Ramón Fernández-HermidaPublished in: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research (2018)
Within-person levels of self-reported impulsivity and sensation seeking significantly predicted further heavy drinking from as early as 13 years old, whereas behavioral measures were not predictive. In our study, neither IE nor ARP predicted prospective changes in impulsivity. Further studies should address additional specific relationships between facets of impulsivity and specific outcomes of heavy drinking.