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Impulse Control Scale
A 4-item scale on control over spur-of-the-moment urges when shopping, eating and using social media.
NPİSTANBUL Brain Hospital
Impulse Control Scale
- 4 questions
- About 1 minute
- For everyone
These tests are for screening. A result is not a diagnosis: only a psychiatrist or psychologist can make one, after talking with you.
Your answers are scored on this device and never sent. Only your result is saved, with the email address you confirm.
Confirm your email address
Before the test we send a 6-digit code to your email address. Your result is saved with it, so that our team can help you if you wish. The email with the code contains no health information.
For each statement, indicate how well it describes you.
Choosing an answer takes you to the next question. You can go back at any time.
Your result
Strong impulse control
You can largely keep your spur-of-the-moment urges around shopping, eating and social media under control. According to the scale's authors, this pattern is closer to the characteristics attributed to Generation X.
Moderate impulse control
Your control over spur-of-the-moment urges is moderate. According to the scale's authors, this falls between the characteristics attributed to Generations X and Z.
Weaker impulse control
You tend to give in to spur-of-the-moment urges around shopping, eating and social media. According to the scale's authors, this pattern is closer to the characteristics attributed to Generation Z. If these urges are causing you financial or emotional difficulties, you could talk them over with a professional.
Total score
out of 20
Take your result as a rough guide, not a diagnosis. How you feel over time, and a conversation with a specialist, tell much more than a questionnaire.
Talk it through with a specialist
If your result worries you, or you would like to talk it through, our psychiatrists can review it with you, free and without obligation.
Tarhan N, Tutgun-Ünal A, 2022 (Üsküdar XYZ Generation Differences Scale).
This English version was translated by NPİSTANBUL from the Turkish form of the test; it has not been validated separately in English.
About this test
This scale is one of the 12 scales that make up the Üsküdar XYZ Generation Differences Scale; its 4 items measure how far you give in to spur-of-the-moment urges when shopping, eating and using social media. It takes about 1 minute. The higher the score, the weaker the impulse control; the result is not a psychological diagnosis.
- Developed by
- Prof. Dr. K. Nevzat Tarhan
Score ranges of this test
| 4–8 | Strong impulse control |
| 9–14 | Moderate impulse control |
| 15–20 | Weaker impulse control |
Impulse Control Scale (Üsküdar XYZ Generation Differences Scale) · Tarhan N, Tutgun-Ünal A, 2022 (Üsküdar XYZ Generation Differences Scale).
This English version was translated by NPİSTANBUL from the Turkish form of the test; it has not been validated separately in English.