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Impulsiveness and antisocial behaviour in children

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An Impulsiveness inventory was completed by 118 boys and 309 girls from London comprehensive schools. Of these, 101 boys and 306 girls also completed the Eysenck Junior Personality Questionnaire and an Antisocial Behaviour Scale. Intercorrelations of the scores suggest that there is a strong link between antisocial behaviour in children and impulsiveness, as well as psychoticism or toughmindedness, and a weaker link with venturesomeness, extraversion and lack of empathy. Neuroticism was only slightly implicated for girls and hardly at all for boys.

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    Sybil B. G. Eysenck

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Eysenck, S.B.G. Impulsiveness and antisocial behaviour in children. Current Psychological Research 1, 31–37 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02684423

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