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Abstract
Impulsive behavior tends to have a negative connotation in the sense that it is usually associated with detrimental or dysfunctional outcomes. However, under certain circumstances, impulsive behaviors may also have beneficial or functional outcomes. Dickman’s Impulsivity Inventory (DII) measures these two distinct aspects of impulsivity, namely, dysfunctional impulsivity (the tendency to act with less forethought than do most people which leads to difficulties) and functional impulsivity (the tendency to act with little forethought when the situation is optimal). In the present study, we translated the DII into German and validated the German version in a sample of 543 adults. The original 23-item model was considered unsuitable for the German version as suggested by fit indices of a confirmatory factor analysis. Exploratory factor analyses rather supported a 16-item version. Further psychometric analyses and inferential statistical analyses on the final German DII indicated its appropriateness for use in German-speaking populations and support a two-factor solution of the DII. Finally, exploratory analyses on the German DII suggest differential relationships between dysfunctional and functional impulsivity and self-reported lifestyle-related variables (smoking, alcohol usage, and sports behavior).
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1 RWTH Aachen, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Faculty of Medicine, Aachen, Germany (GRID:grid.1957.a) (ISNI:0000 0001 0728 696X); JARA-Translational Brain Medicine, Aachen, Germany (GRID:grid.1957.a)
2 RWTH Aachen, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Faculty of Medicine, Aachen, Germany (GRID:grid.1957.a) (ISNI:0000 0001 0728 696X)
3 RWTH Aachen, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Faculty of Medicine, Aachen, Germany (GRID:grid.1957.a) (ISNI:0000 0001 0728 696X); Research Center Jülich, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine: JARA-Institute Brain Structure Function Relationship (INM 10), Jülich, Germany (GRID:grid.8385.6) (ISNI:0000 0001 2297 375X)