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Impulsivity: A Race to Reach at the Final Destination


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A major factor of increasing violence in a country like India is due to Impulsivity, which has been considered as a quick way to resolve issues. Other than themselves, people are not even concerned about a tiny ant besides them. And, as a result they have engaged themselves in the art of not thinking before action. This has led to a reduction in their ability to think and behave in a productive manner which is acceptable to the environment. So, for taking into consideration of the major factor of Impulsivity, The Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) (Patton et al., 1995) was used to examine the various other factors in impulsivity like Attention, Motor, Self-control and Cognitive Complexities, Perseverance, Cognitive Instability of one's Behavior, with the age group (18-25 years). The Results were measured for significant levels with the help of statistical tool named as Independent sample t-test between Males and Females, thereby, taking an effort towards finding out the reason and some measures to reduce the Impulsivity in the society.

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Attention, Motor, Self-Control, Cognitive Complexities, Perseverance, Cognitive Instability, Impulsivity.
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Rakhi Gupta
Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

Abstract


A major factor of increasing violence in a country like India is due to Impulsivity, which has been considered as a quick way to resolve issues. Other than themselves, people are not even concerned about a tiny ant besides them. And, as a result they have engaged themselves in the art of not thinking before action. This has led to a reduction in their ability to think and behave in a productive manner which is acceptable to the environment. So, for taking into consideration of the major factor of Impulsivity, The Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) (Patton et al., 1995) was used to examine the various other factors in impulsivity like Attention, Motor, Self-control and Cognitive Complexities, Perseverance, Cognitive Instability of one's Behavior, with the age group (18-25 years). The Results were measured for significant levels with the help of statistical tool named as Independent sample t-test between Males and Females, thereby, taking an effort towards finding out the reason and some measures to reduce the Impulsivity in the society.

Keywords


Attention, Motor, Self-Control, Cognitive Complexities, Perseverance, Cognitive Instability, Impulsivity.