Does the tendency to act impulsively underlie binge eating and alcohol use problems? An empirical investigation Kane, Tamsin, Loxton, Natalie, Staiger, Petra K. and Dawe, Sharon 2004, Does the tendency to act impulsively underlie binge eating and alcohol use problems? An empirical investigation, Personality and individual differences, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 83-94, doi: 10.1016/S0191-8869(03)00070-9. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Does the tendency to act impulsively underlie binge eating and alcohol use problems? An empirical investigation Author(s) Kane, Tamsin Loxton, Natalie Staiger, Petra K. orcid.org/0000-0002-6968-5015 Dawe, Sharon Journal name Personality and individual differences Volume number 36 Issue number 1 Start page 83 End page 94 Publisher Pergamon Place of publication Oxford, England Publication date 2004-01 ISSN 0191-8869 1873-3549 Keyword(s) impulsiveness alcohol bulimia personality behavioural tasks CARROT Summary The co-occurrence of problem drinking and binge eating and purging has been well documented. However, there has been relatively little investigation of etiological models that may influence the development of this  co-occurrence. This study tests the hypotheses that impulsivity is heightened in eating disordered women compared with controls, and that women with comorbid bulimia and alcohol use disorders show higher impulsivity than bulimic-only women. The Impulsivity scale, BIS/BAS scales, State Anxiety Inventory, and a behavioural measure of reward responsiveness (CARROT) were administered to 22 women with bulimia, 23 women with comorbid bulimia and alcohol abuse/dependence, and 21 control women. As hypothesised, eating disordered women scored higher than controls on several self-report measures of impulsivity and sorted cards faster during a financially rewarded trial on the behavioural task. Also, as predicted, comorbid women scored higher than bulimic women on the Impulsivity scale. These findings suggest that individual differences in impulsiveness and a tendency to approach rewarding stimuli may contribute to developing these disorders. Language eng DOI 10.1016/S0191-8869(03)00070-9 Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2003, Elsevier Ltd Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30002697 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 16 Jan 2009, 08:48:07 EST Tue, 20 Jul 2010, 14:10:43 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 22:39:35 EST Fri, 17 Oct 2014, 19:35:27 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 87 times in TR Web of Science Cited 104 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1260 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 08:31:58 EST