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Are old people so gentle?: functional and dysfunctional impulsivity in the elderly

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    Identificador: imarina:5124572
    Autores:
    Morales-Vives, FabiaVigil-Colet, Andreu
    Resumen:
    Background: Although old people may seem less impulsive than adults, numerous experimental studies report that they have inhibitory deficits. Bearing in mind that there is a relationship between inhibition processes and impulsivity, age-related inhibition deficits suggest that older people could be more impulsive than adults. Methods: The aim of the current study was to compare the functional and dysfunctional impulsivity scores obtained in a sample of elderly people (65 years old and above) with those obtained in previous studies on samples of adolescents and adults. Dickman's Impulsivity Inventory was administered to 190 individuals aged between 65 and 94 years without dementia or cognitive impairment. Results: Results indicated that the elderly sample showed higher dysfunctional impulsivity levels than the adult samples, which is consistent with the inhibition deficits mentioned above. There were no significant differences in functional impulsivity. Furthermore, old women had higher scores than old men on dysfunctional impulsivity. Conclusions: This study provides evidence of age-related changes in dysfunctional impulsivity. Functional impulsivity did not show the same pattern as dysfunctional impulsivity, being quite stable across the age span. it seems, then, that impulsivity cannot be considered to decrease with age and dysfunctional impulsivity may even increase
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    Autor según el artículo: Morales-Vives, Fabia; Vigil-Colet, Andreu;
    Departamento: Psicologia
    Autor/es de la URV: Morales Vives, Fàbia / Vigil Colet, Andrés
    Palabras clave: Personality Inhibition deficits Assessment Aging
    Resumen: Background: Although old people may seem less impulsive than adults, numerous experimental studies report that they have inhibitory deficits. Bearing in mind that there is a relationship between inhibition processes and impulsivity, age-related inhibition deficits suggest that older people could be more impulsive than adults. Methods: The aim of the current study was to compare the functional and dysfunctional impulsivity scores obtained in a sample of elderly people (65 years old and above) with those obtained in previous studies on samples of adolescents and adults. Dickman's Impulsivity Inventory was administered to 190 individuals aged between 65 and 94 years without dementia or cognitive impairment. Results: Results indicated that the elderly sample showed higher dysfunctional impulsivity levels than the adult samples, which is consistent with the inhibition deficits mentioned above. There were no significant differences in functional impulsivity. Furthermore, old women had higher scores than old men on dysfunctional impulsivity. Conclusions: This study provides evidence of age-related changes in dysfunctional impulsivity. Functional impulsivity did not show the same pattern as dysfunctional impulsivity, being quite stable across the age span. it seems, then, that impulsivity cannot be considered to decrease with age and dysfunctional impulsivity may even increase
    Áreas temáticas: Sociología Saúde coletiva Psychology, clinical Psychology Psychiatry and mental health Psychiatry Psicología Nutrição Medicina ii Medicina i Matemática / probabilidade e estatística Interdisciplinar Gerontology Geriatrics and gerontology Geriatrics & gerontology General medicine Enfermagem Educação física Educação Clinical psychology Ciencias sociales Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i
    Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Direcció de correo del autor: fabia.morales@urv.cat andreu.vigil@urv.cat
    Identificador del autor: 0000-0002-2095-0244 0000-0003-3818-4514
    Fecha de alta del registro: 2023-02-18
    Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
    Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-psychogeriatrics/article/abs/are-old-people-so-gentle-functional-and-dysfunctional-impulsivity-in-the-elderly/A1B5EDFB3818EA4281AE65B545A5D780#
    Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: International Psychogeriatrics. 24 (3): 465-471
    Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Morales-Vives, Fabia; Vigil-Colet, Andreu; (2012). Are old people so gentle?: functional and dysfunctional impulsivity in the elderly. International Psychogeriatrics, 24(3), 465-471. DOI: 10.1017/S104161021100161X
    URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    DOI del artículo: 10.1017/S104161021100161X
    Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Año de publicación de la revista: 2012
    Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications
  • Palabras clave:

    Clinical Psychology,Geriatrics & Gerontology,Geriatrics and Gerontology,Gerontology,Psychiatry,Psychiatry and Mental Health,Psychology,Psychology, Clinical
    Personality
    Inhibition deficits
    Assessment
    Aging
    Sociología
    Saúde coletiva
    Psychology, clinical
    Psychology
    Psychiatry and mental health
    Psychiatry
    Psicología
    Nutrição
    Medicina ii
    Medicina i
    Matemática / probabilidade e estatística
    Interdisciplinar
    Gerontology
    Geriatrics and gerontology
    Geriatrics & gerontology
    General medicine
    Enfermagem
    Educação física
    Educação
    Clinical psychology
    Ciencias sociales
    Ciências biológicas ii
    Ciências biológicas i
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