Impulsivity: A race to reach at the final destination

Pages: 74-78
Rakhi Gupta (Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh)

A major factor of increasing violence in a country like India is due to Impulsivity, which has been considered as a quick way to resolve issues. Other than themselves, people are not even concerned about a tiny ant besides them. And, as a result they have engaged themselves in the art of not thinking before action. This has led to a reduction in their ability to think and behave in a productive manner which is acceptable to the environment. So, for taking into consideration of the major factor of Impulsivity, The Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) (Patton et al., 1995) was used to examine the various other factors in impulsivity like Attention, Motor, Self-control and Cognitive Complexities, Perseverance, Cognitive Instability of one’s Behavior, with the age group (18-25 years). The Results were measured for significant levels with the help of statistical tool named as Independent sample t-test between Males and Females, thereby, taking an effort towards finding out the reason and some measures to reduce the Impulsivity in the society.