Lejuez C W, Aklin Will M, Jones Heather A, Richards Jerry B, Strong David R, Kahler Christopher W, Read Jennifer P
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park 20742, USA.
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2003 Feb;11(1):26-33. doi: 10.1037//1064-1297.11.1.26.
In trying to better understand why individuals begin and continue to smoke despite the obvious health consequences, researchers have become interested in identifying relevant personality variables, such as risk taking. In this study, the authors compared the ability of 2 behavioral measures of risk taking, the Bechara Gambling Task (BGT) and the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART), to differentiate smokers and nonsmokers. Self-report measures of impulsivity and sensation seeking were taken for comparison with the 2 behavioral risk-taking tasks. Results indicate that behavior on the BART, and not the BGT, was related to smoking status. Further, when considered in a logistic regression analysis, only the Sensation Seeking total score and the BART score contributed uniquely to the differentiation of smokers and nonsmokers.
在试图更好地理解为何尽管吸烟明显会对健康造成影响，个人仍开始并持续吸烟的原因时，研究人员已对识别相关人格变量产生兴趣，比如冒险行为。在本研究中，作者比较了两种冒险行为测量方法——贝查拉赌博任务（BGT）和气球模拟风险任务（BART）——区分吸烟者和非吸烟者的能力。同时采用了冲动性和寻求刺激的自我报告测量方法，以便与这两项行为冒险任务进行比较。结果表明，与吸烟状况相关的是BART任务中的行为，而非BGT任务中的行为。此外，在逻辑回归分析中，只有寻求刺激总分和BART分数对区分吸烟者和非吸烟者有独特贡献。
