Functional, Dysfunctional Impulsivity and Sensation Seeking in Medical Staff.

Background: It is important to study impulsivity and sensation seeking in medical staff because they might shed light into the effectiveness of decision-making processes and performed responses. The aims of this study were to specify if functional impulsivity prevailed in medical staff compared to dysfunctional impulsivity; how strong the relationships between functional, dysfunctional impulsivity and sensation seeking were; furthermore, it aimed to differentiate functional and dysfunctional impulsivity, according to the size of the place where medical care was practised.

Subjects And Methods: A sample of 323 medical workers and 99 medical students filled in Radoslavova and Velichkov's (2005) questionnaire measuring sensation seeking, functional impulsivity and dysfunctional impulsivity.