Impulsiveness

What it measures

A well-known personality trait: acting on the spur of the moment, with limited planning or self-restraint, assessed across seven items.

Response Format

7-point Likert (exact anchor wording not specified in the source)

Representative items

• I act “on impulse”.
• I act on the spur of the moment.
• I buy things on impulse.
• I make-up my mind quickly.
• I do things without thinking.

Citation

Drolet, A., Luce, M.F., Jiang, L., Rossi, B.C., & Hastie, R. (2021). The Preference for Moderation Scale. Journal of Consumer Research, 47(6), 831–854.

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