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Item Sluggish cognitive tempo and personality: Links to BIS/BAS sensitivity and the five factor model(Elsevier, 2018) Becker, Stephen P.; Schmitt, Aidan P.; Jarrett, Matthew A.; Luebbe, Aaron M.; Garner, Annie A.; Epstein, Jeffery N.; Burns, G. Leonard; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; University of Cincinnati; University of Alabama Tuscaloosa; Miami University; Saint Louis University; Washington State UniversityWe evaluated sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) symptoms in relation to personality as assessed via both the Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory (BIS/BAS) and Five Factor (Big 5) Model of personality. 3172 students from five universities completed psychopathology, BIS/BAS, and Big 5 measures. Correlations and path models with SCT, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) dimensions, and anxiety/depression in relation to personality were examined. SCT evidenced a different pattern of relations to adult personality than ADHD and anxiety/depression. SCT was significantly uniquely associated with higher BIS and Neuroticism, as well as higher BAS Fun-Seeking. SCT was uniquely associated with lower Extraversion and Conscientiousness. This study provides the first evidence linking SCT to adult personality and underscores the importance of differentiating SCT from both ADHD and anxiety/depression. (C) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Item Sluggish Cognitive Tempo in Adults: Psychometric Validation of the Adult Concentration Inventory(American Psychological Association, 2018) Becker, Stephen P.; Burns, G. Leonard; Garner, Annie A.; Jarrett, Matthew A.; Luebbe, Aaron M.; Epstein, Jeffery N.; Willcutt, Erik G.; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; University of Cincinnati; Washington State University; Saint Louis University; University of Alabama Tuscaloosa; Miami University; University of Colorado BoulderAs interest in sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) increases, a primary limitation for the field is the lack of a unified set of symptoms for assessing SCT. No existing SCT measure includes all items identified in a recent meta-analysis as optimal for distinguishing between SCT and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) inattention. This study evaluates a new self-report measure for assessing SCT in adulthood, the Adult Concentration Inventory (ACI), which was developed in response to the meta-analytic findings for assessing SCT. Using a large, multiuniversity sample (N = 3,172), we evaluated the convergent and discriminant validity and reliability of the ACI. We also evaluated the ACI measure of SCT in relation to self-reported demographic characteristics, daily life executive functioning, socioemotional adjustment (i.e., anxiety/depression, loneliness, emotion dysregulation, self-esteem), and functional impairment. Exploratory confirmatory factor analyses resulted in 10 ACI items demonstrating strong convergent and discriminant validity from both anxiety/depressive and ADHD inattentive symptom dimensions. SCT was moderately to-strongly correlated with daily life EF deficits, poorer socioemotional adjustment, and greater global functional impairment. Moreover, SCT remained uniquely associated in structural regression analyses with most of these external criterion domains above and beyond ADHD. Finally, when internalizing symptoms were also covaried, SCT, but not ADHD inattention, remained significantly associated with poorer socioemotional adjustment. These findings support the use of the ACI in future studies examining SCT in adulthood and make a major contribution in moving the field toward a unified set of SCT items that can be used across studies. Public Significance Statement This study provides initial validation of a new self-report measure for assessing sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) symptoms in adults, the Adult Concentration Inventory (ACI), and moves the field toward a unified set of SCT items that can be used in both research and clinical settings.