Justus A N, Finn P R, Steinmetz J E
Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405, USA.
Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2000 Jul;24(7):1028-35.
Past research has demonstrated a link between alcohol use and risky sexual behavior; the processes that may underlie this association remain largely unexplored, however. Recent studies suggest that personality traits such as excitement seeking, impulsivity, and social deviance proneness may play an important role in both behaviors.
A structural model of the association between disinhibited personality traits, alcohol use, and risky sexual behavior (sex with strangers/one-night stands) was tested. We recruited a sample of 410 college students that reported a wide range of scores on self-reported measures of disinhibition. We hypothesized that disinhibited personality characteristics would be primarily responsible for the association between risky sexual behavior and alcohol problems. A third-variable model was proposed to demonstrate this association.
The results suggested that the relationship between alcohol use and risky sexual behavior is best explained by their common association with excitement seeking. There was a significant correlation between alcohol use and risky sexual behavior when considered alone. However, when controlling for the effects of personality, the correlation was nonsignificant. In a final model, both excitement seeking and social deviance proneness were found to be significantly associated with alcohol use, and excitement seeking was significantly related to risky sexual behavior.
Results suggest the relationship between alcohol use and risky sexual behavior is best characterized by a common association with excitement seeking.
过去的研究表明饮酒与危险性行为之间存在联系；然而，这种关联背后的潜在过程在很大程度上仍未得到探索。最近的研究表明，诸如寻求刺激、冲动和社会越轨倾向等人格特质可能在这两种行为中都发挥着重要作用。
对抑制不足型人格特质、饮酒与危险性行为（与陌生人发生性行为/一夜情）之间的关联进行了结构模型测试。我们招募了410名大学生样本，他们在自我报告的抑制不足测量中报告了广泛的分数范围。我们假设抑制不足型人格特征是危险性行为与酒精问题之间关联的主要原因。提出了一个第三变量模型来证明这种关联。
结果表明，饮酒与危险性行为之间的关系最好由它们与寻求刺激的共同关联来解释。单独考虑时，饮酒与危险性行为之间存在显著相关性。然而，在控制人格影响后，这种相关性不显著。在最终模型中，发现寻求刺激和社会越轨倾向都与饮酒显著相关，且寻求刺激与危险性行为显著相关。
结果表明，饮酒与危险性行为之间的关系最好由它们与寻求刺激的共同关联来表征。
