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Impulsive Behavior

Known as: impulsive behaviour, Impulsive Behaviors, Poor impulse control 
An act performed without delay, reflection, voluntary direction or obvious control in response to a stimulus.
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Attention Deficit DisorderDelay DiscountingDisruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct DisordersExecutive Function

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Behavior

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2003
2003
Promoting women's mental heatlh : the challenges of intimate/domestic violence against women.
Medical Association (1998) defines it as the domination, coercion, intimidation and victimisation of one person by another by… 
1988
1988
The prediction of habitual alcohol use from alcohol related expectancies and personality.
Two studies testing social learning theory predictions of habitual alcohol use in college students are reported. Study 1 (N = 96… 
1984
1984
Symptoms and hospitalization decisions.
On the basis of semistructured evaluations of all new patients presenting for care during a 1-year period at a comprehensive… 
1984
1984
Cognitive orientation and changing the impulsivity of children.
Summary. The purpose of the study was to demonstrate that impulsive behaviours and the resulting faulty social problem-solving… 
1982
1982
Lithium treatment of impulsive behavior in children.
Children who display sporadic unprovoked physical aggression and are refractory to usual treatment pose a difficult management… 
1980
1980
Skin conductance recovery time and personality in a group of criminals.
The half-time measure of the recovery rate (rec t/2) of skin conductance (SC) responses to 93dB tone stimuli was obtained in a… 
1977
1977
Handwriting characteristics and their relationship to Eysenck's extraversion-introversion and Kagan's impulsivity-reflectivity dimensions.
Examined the relationship between certain handwriting characteristics and Eysenck's Extraversion-Introversion and Kagan's… 
1976
1976
Hyperactives as young adults: preliminary report.
Thirty-five individuals aged 17 to 24 in whom severe chronic hyperactivity had been diagnosed 10 years before were studied… 
Review
1976
Review
1976
A twin and family study of personality in young children.
  • R. Plomin
  • The Journal of psychology
  • 1976
  • Corpus ID: 255283
Emotionality, activity, sociability and impulsivity (EASI) and components of each trait were studied in a sample of 137 pairs of… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Reflection-impulsivity in kindergarten children.
Reflection-impulsivity in kindergarten children was measured in both evaluational and permissive testing contexts, and with…