Behavioral components of impulsivity.

@article{Stahl2014BehavioralCO,
  title={Behavioral components of impulsivity.},
  author={Christoph Stahl and Andreas Voss and Florian Schmitz and Mandy Nuszbaum and Oliver T{\"u}scher and Klaus Lieb and Karl Christoph Klauer},
  journal={Journal of experimental psychology. General},
  year={2014},
  volume={143 2},
  pages={
          850-86
        }
}
Acting in accord with long-term goals requires control of interfering impulses, the success of which depends on several different processes. Using a structural-equation modeling approach, we investigated 5 behavioral components of impulsivity: the control of stimulus interference, proactive interference, and response interference, as well as decisional and motivational impulsivity. Results support the existence of 5 correlated but separable components of impulsive behavior. The present study is… 
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