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Relationship of impulsivity with severity of ADHD symptoms while controlling the effects of anxiety and depression in a sample of inpatients with alcohol use disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

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

The aim of the present study was to evaluate relationship of impulsivity with severity of ADHD symptoms while controlling the effects of anxiety and depression in a sample of inpatients with alcohol use disorder.

Method

Participants included 190 inpatients with alcohol use disorder. Participants were evaluated with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Short Form Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11-SF) and the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS).

Results

Impulsivity predicted both severity of ADHD symptoms and inattentive and hyperactive/impulsive dimensions, even after controlling the effects of depression and anxiety in linear regression models. Types of negative affect that predicted dimensions of ADHD differed; similar with severity of ADHD symptoms, depression and trait anxiety also predicted inattentive dimension, whereas trait and state anxiety predicted hyperactive/impulsive dimension.

Conclusion

Impulsivity is related with severity of ADHD symptoms and dimensions of ADHD although negative affect that is related with dimensions may differ.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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EV26
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2016
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