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Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the UPPS Impulsive Behavior Scale Sensation Seeking Subscale in a sample of inpatients with alcohol use disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

C. Evren ,
G. Umut ,
B. Evren ,
M. Bozkurt  and
Y. Can
C. Evren*
Affiliation:
Bakirkoy Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatry – Neurology & Neurosurger, Alcohol and Drug Research Treatment and Training Center AMATEM, Istanbul, Turkey
G. Umut
Affiliation:
Bakirkoy Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatry – Neurology & Neurosurger, Alcohol and Drug Research Treatment and Training Center AMATEM, Istanbul, Turkey
B. Evren
Affiliation:
Baltalimani State Hospital for Muskuloskeletal Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul, Turkey
M. Bozkurt
Affiliation:
Bakirkoy Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatry – Neurology & Neurosurger, Alcohol and Drug Research Treatment and Training Center AMATEM, Istanbul, Turkey
Y. Can
Affiliation:
Bakirkoy Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatry – Neurology & Neurosurger, Alcohol and Drug Research Treatment and Training Center AMATEM, Istanbul, Turkey
*
* Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Objective

Turkish version of the UPPS Impulsive Behavior Scale was previously validated in a sample of psychiatric inpatients. The aim of the present study was to evaluate psychometric properties of the sensation seeking subscale of this scale in a sample of inpatients with alcohol use disorder.

Method

Participants (n = 190) were evaluated with the sensation seeking subscale of UPPS Impulsive Behavior Scale.

Results

Sensation seeking subscale had two factors, which together accounted for 63.80% of total variance. As similar with original subscale internal consistency for the sensation seeking (coefficient α=0.859), factor 1 (α=0.862) and factor 2 (α=0.755) examined by Cronbach's alpa, were high. Factor 1 (r = 0.894) and factor 2 (r = 0.863) were highly correlated with total score, whereas moderately correlated (r = 0.544) with each other. Test-retest correlation for sensation seeking (n = 120) was mild (r = 0.460). Test-retest correlation for factor 1 was moderate (r = 0.518) and for factor 2 was mild (r = 0.431).

Conclusion

These findings support the Turkish versions of the sensation seeking subscale of the UPPS has good psychometric properties among inpatients with alcohol use disorder.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
EV25
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 33 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 24th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2016 , pp. S296 - S297
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2016
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