title: Changes in negative urgency, positive urgency, and sensation seeking across adolescence.
abstract: The development and potential co-development of traits related to impulsivity and sensation seeking across adolescence has garnered substantial attention within the extant literature. Some prior research suggests that facets show distinct patterns of change across adolescence and that intraindividual changes in these traits may be unrelated. However, the extant literature is somewhat hampered by measurement issues and inconsistent findings. Using an accelerated longitudinal design in a sample of adolescents (n= 1018; ages 11-16), changes in negative urgency, positive urgency, and sensation seeking were examined. The three facets showed similar trajectories across time (i.e., increasing during early adolescence before leveling off). Across all facets, there was strong evidence of correlated change, suggesting these traits are, developmentally, strongly related phenomena.
authors.affiliation: Texas Tech University, Department of Psychological Sciences, Box 42051, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Littlefield
authors.affiliation: Texas Tech University, Department of Psychological Sciences, Box 42051, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA.
authors.forename: Angela K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, 210 McAlester Hall, Columbia, MO 65203, USA.
authors.forename: Jarrod M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ellingson
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Box 351525, Seattle, WA 98195-1525, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: King
authors.affiliation: Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Box G-S121-4, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
authors.forename: Kristina M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Jackson
keywords: Adolescence; Impulsivity; Longitudinal; Personality change; Piecewise latent growth modeling