Summary.In previous studies Stott proposed a type of behaviour disturbance which he named Inconsequence—a failure to reflect upon the consequences of responses resulting in impulsive and often inappropriate behaviour. This article reports (1) an external validation against teacher‐judgment of 30 items of the Bristol Social Adjustment Guide hypothesized as indicating Inconsequence; (2) an item‐analysis of the proposed 30 indications, of which 26 were judged acceptable; (3) a comparison of the performance of Inconsequential and control children on a test of motor impairment, showing them to be significantly inf