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| Other authors / contributors: | Olmstead, Mary C., editor.
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| ISBN: | 9781633219441
1633219445
9781633218796
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
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| Summary: | Impulsivity is a primary feature of many psychiatric conditions and often leads to maladaptive behaviors in nonclinical populations. This predisposition to rapid, unplanned actions and a disregard for future, negative consequences leads to seemingly irrational and self-defeating behaviours including substance abuse, pathological gambling, binge eating, and self-harm. Even in young children, impulsivity can have detrimental and long-lasting effects: deficits in impulse control predict poor academic performance and are correlated with behavioural, social, and emotional problems. This book provid.
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| Other form: | Print version: Psychology of impulsivity Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publisher's, Inc., [2014] 9781633218796 (hardcover)
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