Psychology and psychotherapy of impulsivity
Vol. 23 Iss. 1 pp. 16–19 | St. Petersburg State Institute of Psychology and Social Work | ISSN: 1993-8101
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This article is dedicated to such a complex and ambiguous phenomenon in the behavior of the individual, as impulsivity. Impulsivity is an emotional reaction to various stimuli. Its causes are numerous: from elementary reactions of person to banal impetus, to neurotic reactions manifested as a result of personality disorders. Authors give typological features of individuals, prone to the impulsivity, and describe approaches to its prevention and therapy. The article contains the clinical example of counseling.
Keywords
impulsivity, personal feature, mentalization, narcissism, emotional reactions, psychological discomfort, borderline personality disorder (BPD)
Citation
Korolenko T., Dmitrieva N., Levina L., Perevozkina Y. Psikhologiya i psikhoterapiya impul'sivnosti [Psychology and psychotherapy of impulsivity]. Uchenyye zapiski Sankt-Peterburgskogo gosudarstvennogo instituta psikhologii i sotsialnoy raboty — Scientifc Notes Journal of St. Petersburg State Institute of Psychology and Social Work, 2015, 23, 1, pp. 16–19 (in Russian)
Citation — Harvard Notation
(2015), "Psychology and psychotherapy of impulsivity", Uchenyye zapiski Sankt-Peterburgskogo gosudarstvennogo instituta psikhologii i sotsialnoy raboty, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 16–19
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