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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"impulse control"”.
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Impulse-control or impulse and control? Is impulse-control one, two, or more constructs? Development of domain specific impulse-control (DSIC) measure
Impulse control is a well-established predictor of important life outcomes, including health, academic performance, and workplace success. However, traditional measures often conflate distinct psychological processes by failing to distinguish between the urge to act (impulse) and the ability to …
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Settling-Time Improvements in Positioning Machines Subject to Nonlinear Friction Using Adaptive Impulse Control
A new method of adaptive impulse control is developed to precisely and quickly control the position of machine components subject to friction. Friction dominates the forces affecting fine positioning dynamics. Friction can depend on payload, velocity, step size, path, initial position, temperature, …
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Impulse control, substance abuse and clinical factors in habitual criminal violence : a neuropsychological approach
… to criminal violence, psychopathy disordered impulse control and neuropsychological findings in these areas. Drawing upon publications from fields such as neurology, psychiatry and biochemistry, a theoretical foundation for a link between a functional disorder of impulse control and habitual …
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An Investigation of the Clinical Predictors of Impulse Control Disorders in Patients with Parkinson's Disease
… with Parkinson’s disease (PD) experience impulse control disorders (ICD), which can result in serious negative consequences. Although clarifying the risk factors of ICD can inform tailored intervention strategies, the clinical predictors of ICD are poorly understood. The present study …
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Unexamined Youth of the Juvenile Justice System: An Examination of the Prevalence of Unspecified Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorder Diagnosis
… examine youth with Unspecified Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorder (UDICCD). Findings from aim 1 of the study identified gender differences in type of diagnosis the youth received. Results of aim 2 suggested that the youth from HCJPD could be stratified, based on the analyses …
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A father's supportive presence: Understanding how fathers influence children's developmental outcomes
… later psychosocial outcomes, particularly impulse control and risky behaviors during adolescence. For boys, supportive mothering behaviors had a greater influence on impulse control than supportive fathering behaviors. The opposite was true for girls. For girls, supportive fathering …
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Alcohol and cognition: ego threat as a moderator
… threat would moderate the effects of alcohol on impulse control and attention in 30 college students (21-49 years). A 2×2 factorial design assessed performance on the Visual Search Task (attention) and Go/No-Go Task (impulse control) under laboratory and naturalistic settings, while sober or …
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Examining Student Engagement In The Academic Environment
… (and subtopics) were traits (conscientiousness, impulse control, extraversion, stress management, happiness, optimism, and self-esteem), engagement (participation, attention, effort, and perseverance), course content (general academics, English, math, history, and science), and academic tasks …
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Relations among dimensions of emotion regulation and aggressive behavior
… difficulties engaging in goal-directed behavior, impulse control difficulties, lack of emotional awareness, access to emotion regulation strategies, and lack of emotional clarity. This study sought to identify the relations among these dimensions and the broader constructs of emotional …
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Functional organisation of behavioural inhibitory control mechanisms in cortico-basal ganglia circuitry: implications for stimulant use disorder.
… and psychological mechanisms of inhibitory control processes were investigated, focusing on the cortico-basal ganglia circuits in rats and humans. These included behavioural flexibility, ‘waiting’ and ‘stopping’ impulsivity and involved serial spatial reversal learning task in rodents, and …
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The Relationship of Leadership Style and Organizational Climate to Job Burnout Levels Among Taiwan Public Secondary-School Teachers
… Effectiveness, low Orderliness, but high Impulse Control. The leadership style is perceived to have a high degree of Initiating Structure, but a low degree of Consideration, which are combined and defined as Telling or Authoritarian leadership style.</p> <p>Conclusion. Although teachers in …
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Language acquisition after the critical period : a case study of an adolescent with an intellectual disorder
… word order. Finally, increased attention, impulse control, language comprehension, and attention to and compliance with verbal instructions were evident during the post-treatment conventional assessment. The findings suggest the beginning of the use of verbal communication in an adolescent …
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The embodied mind: A journey through the “soma” to reach the “psyche”
… disorder symptomatology. Difficulties with impulse-control were suggested to mediate this association. The present study explored another variable believed to be involved: mentalising. Method: A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based, between-groups design was employed and a measure of …
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Investigating Cadm2 genetic variation in attention and motivation
… function, addiction, motivation, and impulsivity control. Previous genetic studies have associated the CADM2 gene with different attentional and impulsivity traits. Continuous Performance Tests (CPT) are used to assess deficits in attentional function and impulse control in humans. This test has …
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Behavioral impulsivity and hallucinations : insights from Parkinson's disease
… of the disease, including hallucinations and impulse control behaviors, stem from the dopaminergic medications used to control the motor aspects of PD. Not all patients experience these nonmotor symptoms and tools that can predict a priori which patients are likely to have an adverse response …
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A pure-jump market-making model for high-frequency trading
… make use of market orders, which are treated as impulse control, to get rid of excessive inventory. Because of the stochastic intensities of the cross-exciting point processes, the optimality condition cannot be formulated using classical Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman quasi-variational inequality …
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Unmasking Impulsivity as a Glutamatergic Dysfunction Phenomenon: Presynaptic and Postsynaptic Considerations
Loss of impulse control is a pervasive hallmark of many neuropsychiatric disorders, such as bipolar disorder, pathological gambling, schizophrenia, substance use disorders, obesity, etc. Characterized as action without thinking, impulsive behavior is recognized as a complex, behavioral …
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Preparing early field placement students to understand and promote early childhood social and emotional development through pre-session and post-session teaching team meetings
… opportunities for learning about anger and impulse control, interpersonal problem- solving skills, friendship skills, and emotional literacy through pre-session and post- session teaching team meetings. These findings are presented in relation to discourse moves, social and emotional content …
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The correlation of compulsive buying and binge eating behaviors in female undergraduate college students
… Faber et al. explored whether a subset of impulse control disorders could be called "compulsive consumption" disorders. Participants in this study, 51 undergraduate, female students, aged 18-23, were obtained from the Introduction to Psychology subject pool at Rowan University. The subjects …
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