In this preregistered analysis of existing data, we explored whether the association between urgency—a mood-based impulsivity—and risky and self-destructive behavior engagement is moderated by a sense of purpose in life. Results indicated positive associations between positive and negative urgency and recent risk behavior, and negative associations between a sense of purpose and recent risk behavior. For over 90% of the sample, purpose evidenced significant interaction effects with both negative and positive urgency, predicting fewer past-month risk behaviors (both the total number reported and the diversity of behaviors therein). Analyses by subdomain revealed that these interaction effects were most apparent in models predicting recent self-harm and heavy alcohol use. Explanations for this pattern of results and future directions are discussed.

在对现有数据的这种预先登记的分析中，我们探讨了紧迫感（一种基于情绪的冲动）与冒险和自我毁灭性行为之间的关联是否受到生活目标感的调节。结果表明，积极和消极紧迫感与近期风险行为之间存在正相关，目标感与近期风险行为之间存在负相关。对于超过 90% 的样本，目的证明了具有负面和正面紧迫性的显着交互作用，预测了较少的过去一个月的风险行为（报告的总数和其中行为的多样性）。按子域进行的分析表明，这些交互作用在预测近期自残和酗酒的模型中最为明显。讨论了对这种结果模式和未来方向的解释。