Relationship between Impulsiveness and Deviant Behavior among Adolescents in the Classroom: Age and Sex Differences

Abstract

To assess the relationship between impulsiveness and deviant behavior among 103 adolescents, taking into account their sociodemographic characteristics, the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale and a self-assessment measure with regard to disruptive and deviant behaviors which had occurred in the last 90 days were used. The results show that impulsiveness and disruptive behavior in the classroom were related to deviant behavior outside of the classroom. Therefore, age and sex explained the relationship between impulsiveness and behavior. The older adolescents and the girls showed less disruptive behaviors than the younger participants and the boys; both variables showed an interactive effect on disruptive behavior. The age at which sexual activity commenced and the number of sexual partners were also significantly related to impulsiveness and disruptive and deviant behavior. Similarly, impulsiveness was shown to have a significant relationship with disruptive and deviant behavior, and disruptive behavior was shown to have a significant relationship with deviant behavior.

Psychological resources and gaudiebility

“…Concerning sexual risk behaviors, we observed a weak and negative relation to reflections to problems. These results are similar to the findings reported by Esteban and Tabernero (27), where a positive and significant relation was observed between impulsiveness (contrary to reflection) and some risky sexual behaviors such as the age for starting sexual relationships and the number of sexual partners. In the present study, we also observed a weak and negative relationship between sexual risk behaviors and religious beliefs.…”

Examining suicidality, bullying, and gun carrying among Latina/o youth over 10 years.

“…However, recent research has demonstrated that adolescents are still developing their brain structures and that lack of cortical development has been associated with impulsive behaviors, such as conduct problems (Oostermeijer et al, 2016) and risky behaviors (Pfefferbaum et al, 2016). Certainly, adolescent developmental period context should be considered when examining and intervening with adolescent suicidality in a manner that takes their developing affective social competence (Booker & Dunsmore, 2017), cognitive development (Steinberg, 2005), and impulsive behavior (Esteban & Tabernero, 2011) into consideration.…”

“…For example, recent analysis of national YRBSS data indicated that 5% of teens reported carrying a gun in 2011 (CDC, 2011). The association between gun carrying and suicidality is particularly salient because adolescents are more impulsive than are adults (Esteban & Tabernero, 2011) and have not yet fully developed their cortical structures that govern decision-making and logic (Oostermeijer et al, 2016).…”

Exploration of socio-family and psychological characteristics of young males convicted of murder or attempted murder in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina

“…In this study indicators on these constructs were obtained using two scales, the Consideration of Future Consequences Scale (CFC Scale) (14) and the version for adolescents of the Barrat Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11). (15,16) Regarding these indicators, Bushman et al (17) reported an association between low CFC scale values and aggression, while a study conducted on a Latin American student population group reported a normal distribution of the total values [average= 38.9 (SD=6.4, n=120)] (18).…”