The construct of impulsivity revisited

A dual systems model of adolescent risk‐taking

“…To our knowledge, only one previous study (Galvan et al, 2007) has examined age differences in self-reported impulsivity over an age range comparable to that studied here. The linear decline in selfreported impulsivity seen across the entire age span we studied is consistent with the Galvan et al investigation and with findings reported in studies of self-reported impulsivity that have included middle adolescents and adults (e.g., Leshem & Glicksohn, 2007). Our finding of a linear decline in hasty behavior on the Tower of London is consistent with previous studies using this paradigm (e.g., Asato et al, 2006); numerous behavioral studies that compare children, adolescents, and adults on a range of self-regulatory tasks such as the antisaccade, Flanker, Go/ No-Go, and Stroop (see Casey et al, 2008); and strong evidence of structural and functional maturation over the course of adolescence and well into the 20s of brain regions that subserve impulse control and other aspects of self-regulation (see Paus, 2005).…”

“…Galvan et al (2007) report a significant negative correlation between chronological age and impulsivity (using the Connors Impulsivity Scale) in a sample of individuals ranging in age from 7 to 29, suggesting that impulse control continues to develop over the course of adolescence and early adulthood. Leshem and Glicksohn (2007) likewise report a significant decline in impulsivity from ages 14-16 to 20-22 on both the Eysenk and Barratt impulsiveness scales. Another study found higher scores on the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale for high school, relative to college, students, although the authors attribute the finding to a filtering effect, whereby highly impulsive and presumably low achieving high school students do not continue on to college (Stanford, Greve, Boudreaux, Mathias, & Brumbelow, 1996).…”

Dysfunctional impulsivity in online gaming addiction and engagement

“…The structure of our sample helped to overcome this problem because it includes a large number of both adolescents and adults. Based on our results, it seems that younger gamers are more likely to also fulfil the addiction criteria because they are in a developmental stage that is characterised by higher levels of impulsivity -impulsivity and sensation seeking peak during adolescence and steadily decrease afterward (Leshem & Glicksohn, 2007;Steinberg et al, 2008).…”

“…Research on impulsivity and online gaming has to reflect upon the inverse proportionality between impulsivity and age: impulsivity decreases towards adulthood (Steinberg et al, 2008) and it changes its structural features with age (Leshem & Glicksohn, 2007). Gaming addiction seems to be more prevalent among younger people and many studies have been conducted with adolescent samples (Kuss & Griffiths, 2012).…”

Impulsividad y búsqueda de sensaciones como predictores del consumo de drogas en adolescentes: Un estudio longitudinal

“…Estos resultados son coherentes con los hallados por Martínez-Loredo et al (2015), donde la impulsividad es una característica de los sujetos consumidores. Asimismo, la estabilidad temporal en la muestra estudiada también resulta concordante con el estudio realizado por Leshem & Glicksohn (2007), en el que se observó que existían diferencias entre participantes consumidores, siendo los más impulsivos aquellos que presentaban un aumento gradual de los niveles de consumo de forma paralela a su desarrollo.…”