Impulsive (vs self controlled)

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PERSONALITY: CURRENT TRAITS Impulsive (vs self controlled)

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Keywords

impulse-control, ability to delay gratification, impulsiveness, controlled, answering haphazardly, tendency to risky behavior, self-control

List of Findings on this Subject

Correlate as named by investigator

People investigated

Finding

Poor inhibition of impulse

35-85 aged white males (largely veterans), USA, 1976

Impulse control

55+ aged white females living in nursing home, USA, 197?

Control

50+ aged, whites, Durham, North Carolina, USA, 197?

Eccentric test- attitude

Male college students, followed 3 years, Harvard University, USA, 1957-60

Discounting and self-control

16+ aged, households' members, Netherlands, 1993-2006

Quickness of decision making

16+ aged, households' members, Netherlands, 1993-2006

Perceived control of affective experience

Nuns, USA, 199?

Selfregulation of child

Mothers and their child, Germany, 2007/8

Self-control

Palestinian Arab Adolescents, Israel, 201?

Impulsiveness

Students, Russia, 2006-2007