Impulsivity, risky behaviors and accidents in alcohol-dependent patients

“…The impact of impulsivity in risky driving engagementincluding DUI, has also been reported in the literature (Bachoo et al, 2013;Brown et al, 2016;Klimkiewicz et al, 2014). Drug users in general are known to present important impulsivity issues (de Wit, 2009;Ryb et al, 2006a) however, previous studies have already shown that higher impulsivity levels are associated with frequency of risky driving behaviors even among drug dependent individuals (Luk et al, 2017;Pearson et al, 2013), especially for the non-planning and attentional impulsivity subscales (Jakubczyk et al, 2013). In our study, results revealed higher scores in these same subdomains among the DUI group when compared with the non-DUI group.…”