Même si le concept d'impulsivité demeure sujet à controverses, de nombreuses d'approches ont été tentées pour mesurer cette dimension. Seules les mesures psychométriques possèdent une bonne validité consensuelle et semblent aujourd'hui opérationnelles en routine. Barratt a élaboré la plus ancienne échelle mesurant spécifiquement l'impulsivité. De nombreuses révisions ont permis d'en améliorer la validité. Nous avons traduit en français sans difficultés majeures la dixième version validée de cette échelle (Barratt Impulsivity Scale [BIS-10]) et exploré sa structure factorielle. Nous l'avons assortie d'un autoquestionnaire évaluant l'anxiété. Nous avons recruté au sein de la population générale 280 sujets âgés en moyenne de 36,9 ans (18 à 79 ans). L'âge des sujets exerce une influence faible mais significative sur les scores d'impulsivité. L'analyse en composantes principales (ACP) montre que les 9 premiers facteurs expliquent 55,6% de la variance. Une nouvelle ACP sur ces facteurs de premier ordre permet d'extraire 3 facteurs de second ordre. Ceux-ci correspondent bien au regroupement proposé par Barratt. Nos résultats confortent ceux de l'analyse initiale de l'échelle qui n 'ont pu être reproduits par la suite. Il s'agit, à notre connaissance, de la première traduction française d'un instrument qui évalue spécifiquement l'impulsivité et dont la structure factorielle a été étudiée dans la population générale.
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