Browsing Faculty of Arts and Sciences by Keyword "impulsivity"

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    • Are Self-Injurers Impulsive? 

      Janis, Irene Belle; Nock, Matthew K. (Elsevier, 2009)
      Common clinical wisdom suggests that people who engage in self-injury are impulsive. However, virtually all prior work in this area has relied on individuals’ self-report of impulsiveness, despite evidence that people are ...

    • The Ecology and Evolution of Patience in Two New World Monkeys 

      Stevens, Jeffrey R.; Hallinan, Elizabeth V.; Hauser, Marc (The Royal Society, 2005)
      Decision making often involves choosing between small, short-term rewards and large, long-term rewards. All animals, humans included, discount future rewards-the present value of delayed rewards is viewed as less than the ...

    • Predicting suicide attempts in depressed adolescents: Clarifying the role of disinhibition and childhood sexual abuse 

      Stewart, Jeremy G; Kim, Judy C.; Esposito, Erika C.; Gold, Joseph; Nock, Matthew K.; Auerbach, Randy Patrick (Elsevier BV, 2015)
      Background Suicide is the second leading cause of death among adolescents, and depressed youth are six times more likely to make suicide attempts as compared to non-depressed adolescents. The present study examined the ...