The current study examined the relationships of motor, nonplanning, and attentional impulsivity to external and emotional eating among restrained eaters. Data were collected from a female college sample of restrained eaters (N=90). Aspects of impulsivity and disordered eating were assessed using the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, Version 11, the Attentional Control Scale and the Dutch Eating Beha...

INTRODUCTION Pathological love (PL)--behavior characterized by providing repetitive and uncontrolled care and attention to the partner in a romantic relationship--is a rarely studied condition, despite not being rare and causing suffering. This study aims at investigating impulsivity, personality, and characteristics related to the romantic relationship in this population. METHODS Eighty-nine...

The aim of this study was to explore whether two aspects of self-regulation (impulsivity and temporal orientation) could reduce the intention–behaviour gap for two dietary behaviours: fruit and vegetable consumption and saturated fat consumption. Australian undergraduate students (N = 154) completed questionnaires (the Barratt impulsiveness scale and the consideration of future consequences sca...

The aims of the present study were to examine clinical, personality, and sociodemographic predictors of suicide risk in a sample of inpatients affected by major affective disorders. The participants were 74 inpatients affected by major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder-I. Patients completed a semi-structured interview, the Beck Hopelessness Scale, the Aggression Questionnaire, the Barratt...

BACKGROUND Impulsivity is a core feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD). However, previous clinical and experimental studies investigating impulsivity in BPD rendered mixed results. In this study, impulsivity was assessed by self-report scales and behavioral inhibition tasks to compare different data levels. SAMPLING AND METHODS Fifteen women with BPD and 15 matched healthy control ...

Background: Difficulty regulating emotion has been identified as a transdiagnostic factor common to a range of psychiatric diagnoses and behavior problems. This article's aim is the implementing emotion regulation training techniques for adolescents with a disruptive mood disorder, emphasizing the irritability and alexithymia, and interpersonal problems in adolescents with disruptive mood dysre...

Objective: The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale Modified for Neurotic Excoriation (NE-YBOCS) is a valid and reliable scale used to evaluate the severity of skin picking disorder (SPD). This was validity reliability study Turkish version NE-YBOCS. Method: Eighty patients diagnosed with SPD according Diagnostic Statistical Manual Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition criteria were included study. ...

Objective: Impulsivity is an important neurobiological process that contributes to individual differences in substance use disorder vulnerability. Uric acid has been mentioned to be telated to some psychiatric disorders characterized by impulsivity. No other study has yet examined the relationship between UA plasma concentration and impulsivity in patients with substance use disorders. Methods:...

Abstract Objective: Individuals with chronic alcohol abuse have been shown to be more impulsive. Our objective in the present study was assess drinking behavior healthy college students and examine potential relationships between these habits impulsive behavior. Method: College (n = 22) completed a survey about behaviors, Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (assessing various subscales of impulsivity),...

Objective: The Pathological Buying Screener (PBS) is a self-report scale used to evaluate compulsive buying behavior. aim of this study was assess the validity and reliability Turkish version PBS in nonclinical sample. Method: A total 457 adult participants aged 18-64 years were enrolled study. Internal consistency, test-retest structure, concurrent criterion-related predictive analyses conduct...