I don't know how I feel, therefore I act: Alexithymia, urgency, and alcohol problems

Shishido, Hanako; Gaher, Raluca M.; Simons, Jeffrey S.

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2012.12.014

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“…The current study's findings are consistent with this research, showing an association between lack of emotional clarity and both alcohol use and problems. Theoretically, lack of emotional clarity is similar to alexithymia, which has been related to alcohol-related consequences among college students (27). Perhaps individuals who lack insight into their emotions also lack insight in other key areas of their lives.…”

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confidence: 98%

Alcohol use and alcohol-related consequences: associations with emotion regulation difficulties

Dvorak

Sargent

Kilwein

et al. 2014

The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Alcohol use and alcohol-related consequences: associations with emotion regulation difficulties

Dvorak

Sargent

Kilwein

et al. 2014

The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

189

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“…Right temporal pole damage, resulting from ischaemic stroke, anterior temporal lobectomy or frontotemporal dementia, is linked to impaired socio-affective processing including alexithymia (the inability to identify and describe emotions) (Olson et al, 2007). This link between negative urgency, alexithymia and the temporal pole is interesting given that negative urgency is a mediator of the relationship between alexithymia and rash, impulsive behaviours (Shishido et al, 2013). Relatively smaller right temporal polar volumes in individuals with high levels of negative urgency might relate to less effective higher-level cognitive processes relevant to appraising one's emotions and regulating one's emotions (Tavares et al, 2011).…”

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Brain structure correlates of emotion-based rash impulsivity

2015

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Negative urgency (the tendency to engage in rash, ill-considered action in response to intense negative emotions), is a personality trait that has been linked to problematic involvement in several risky and impulsive behaviours, and to various forms of disinhibitory psychopathology, but its neurobiological correlates are poorly understood. Here, we explored whether inter-individual variation in levels of trait negative urgency was associated with inter-individual variation in regional grey matter volumes. Using voxel-based morphometry (VBM) in a sample (n = 152) of healthy participants, we found that smaller volumes of the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex and right temporal pole, regions previously linked to emotion appraisal, emotion regulation and emotion-based decision-making, were associated with higher levels of trait negative urgency. When controlling for other impulsivity linked personality traits (sensation seeking, lack of planning/perseverance) and negative emotionality per se (neuroticism), these associations remained, and an additional relationship was found between higher levels of trait negative urgency and smaller volumes of the left ventral striatum. This latter finding mirrors recent VBM findings in an animal model of impulsivity. Our findings offer novel insight into the brain structure correlates of one key source of inter-individual differences in impulsivity.

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“…Further, positive urgency was related to drug use (Stautz & Cooper, 2013), and negative urgency was related to problematic cannabis use (Wardell et al, 2016; Wolitzky-Taylor et al, 2016). In young adults, positive urgency was related to tobacco dependence (Pang et al, 2014; Spillane et al, 2010), alcohol quantity (Cyders et al, 2009), illegal drug use (Zapolski et al, 2009), alcohol problems (Cyders et al, 2009; Shishido, Gaher, & Simons, 2013), and cocaine addiction (Albein-Urios et al, 2012; Moreno-López et al, 2012). Also, negative urgency was associated with tobacco use (Lee et al, 2015), craving (Billieux, Van der Linden, & Ceschi, 2007) and dependence (Pang et al, 2014; Spillane et al, 2010), problematic alcohol use (Kaiser et al, 2012; King et al, 2011; Martens et al, 2010; Shishido et al, 2013; Settles et al, 2012), alcohol dependence (Settles et al, 2012), and problematic marijuana use (Dvorak & Day, 2014).…”

Section: Review Of Impulsive Behavior and Drug Use In Adolescence mentioning

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Age and impulsive behavior in drug addiction: A review of past research and future directions

Argyriou

Carron

et al. 2018

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

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Impulsive behavior is implicated in the initiation, maintenance, and relapse of drug-seeking behaviors involved in drug addiction. Research shows that changes in impulsive behavior across the lifespan contribute to drug use and addiction. The goal of this review is to examine existing research on the relationship between impulsive behavior and drug use across the lifespan and to recommend directions for future research. Three domains of impulsive behavior are explored in this review: impulsive behavior-related personality traits, delay discounting, and prepotent response inhibition. First, we present previous research on these three domains of impulsive behavior and drug use across developmental stages. Then, we discuss how changes in impulsive behavior across the lifespan are implicated in the progression of drug use and addiction. Finally, we discuss the relatively limited attention given to middle-to-older adults in the current literature, consider the validity of the measures used to assess impulsive behavior in middle-to-older adulthood, and suggest recommendations for future research.

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I don't know how I feel, therefore I act: Alexithymia, urgency, and alcohol problems

Cited by 80 publications

References 25 publications

Alcohol use and alcohol-related consequences: associations with emotion regulation difficulties

Alcohol use and alcohol-related consequences: associations with emotion regulation difficulties

Brain structure correlates of emotion-based rash impulsivity

Age and impulsive behavior in drug addiction: A review of past research and future directions

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