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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addict Behav. 2018 Jul 30;87:251–259. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.07.022

Table 1.

Rates of endorsement of offspring impulsive behavior for mother report, father report, and most severe report.

Mother (Ns = 322–324) Father (Ns = 296) Severe (Ns = 367)
1. Fidgets 57% 59% 71%
2. Can’t stay seated when required to do so 46% 49% 58%
3. Impulsive acts without thinking 57% 60% 74%
4. Difficulty awaiting turn in games or groups 49% 58% 65%
5. Interrupts, blurts out answers to questions too soon 68% 70% 80%
6. Difficulty playing quietly 26% 42% 45%
7. Talks excessively 52% 62% 67%
8. Interrupts or butts in on others 76% 72% 83%
9. Does dangerous things without thinking 18% 27% 34%

Note. The impulsive behavior items came from the externalizing scale of the MacArthur Health and Behavior Questionnaire (HBQ; Armstrong et al., 2003). Fathers provided slightly higher endorsement rates of impulsive behavior than mothers.