SELF-CONTROL AND IMPULSIVENESS - RESOLUTION OF APPARENT CONTRADICTIONS IN CHOICE BEHAVIOR

Authors
LOGUE AW
Citation
Aw. Logue, SELF-CONTROL AND IMPULSIVENESS - RESOLUTION OF APPARENT CONTRADICTIONS IN CHOICE BEHAVIOR, Behavioral and brain sciences, 19(4), 1996, pp. 584
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology,"Psychology, Biological",Neurosciences,"Behavioral Sciences
Journal title
Behavioral and brain sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
0140525X
Volume
19
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-525X(1996)19:4<584:SAI-RO>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Choosing the smaller, less delayed reinforcers of drug abuse (includin g cessation of withdrawal) over the larger, more delayed reinforcers o f a healthy life can be described as impulsiveness (the opposite of se lf-control). Examination of drug abuse using a self-control/impulsiven ess framework can help explain many of the puzzles about this behavior , while tying drug abuse into a large research database.