Examples of impulsiveness

• Her behaviour is characterised by impulsiveness and a lack of thought about the consequences of her actions.

• For some people, getting a tattoo is a sign of youthful impulsiveness.

• Attention Deficit Disorder can cause impulsiveness, an inability to concentrate and social difficulties.

• Heritability of irritable impulsiveness : a study of twins reared together and apart.

• Impulsiveness subtraits : arousal and information processing.

• Neuropsychological analyses of impulsiveness in childhood hyperactivity.

• Ignatius sees the director as someone who can rein in impulsiveness or excesses, goad the complacent, and keep people honest with themselves.

• Impulsiveness may also be a factor in procrastination.

• Assessment would take into account the individual's executive system capacity in terms of impulsiveness, social cognition, self-awareness and planning ability.

• Later in life he claimed that he quit school as much from youthful impulsiveness as from economic necessity.

• Impulsiveness involves a greater difficulty moderating behaviour and resisting temptation.

• An inflated self-control belief may lead to greater exposure to temptation, and increased impulsiveness.

• As a personality trait, conscientiousness involves regulating impulsiveness by following methodically determined plans to achieve nonimmediate goals.

• Impulsiveness is seen by some as the key aspect of a child's personality that predicts offending.

• Impulsiveness is defined as behaving without thinking and without realizing the risk involved in the behavior.

• Valproic acid and has shown reduction of symptoms of irritability, aggression, and impulsiveness, and in reducing flashbacks.

• Studies have also indicated individual variation in temperament, such as sociability or impulsiveness.

• Perfectionism, general impulsiveness and compulsiveness, and the need to gain control have also been linked to the disorder.