title: Constructive thinking skills and impulsivity dimensions in conduct and substance use disorders: differences and relationships in an adolescents' sample.
abstract: Impact of conduct disorder (CD) and substance use disorder (SUD) on constructive thinking skills and impulsivity was explored. 71 offending adolescents were assessed for CD and SUD. Furthermore, the constructive thinking inventory, the immediate and delayed memory tasks and the UPPS impulsive behaviour scale were administered. Results showed that youths with CD, independently from SUD, presented higher personality impulsivity (urgency) and altered constructive thinking skills (categorical thinking and personal superstitious thinking). Furthermore, trait-impulsivity explained variation in constructive thinking skills. The implications of these results were discussed.
authors.affiliation: University Service of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Center and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, Sebastien.Urben@chuv.ch.
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Urben
authors.forename: Maya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suter
authors.forename: Sandrine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pihet
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Straccia
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stéphan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality / Q000502:physiology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013850:Thinking / Q000502:physiology*