Franken Ingmar H A, Muris Peter, Georgieva Irina
Department of Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Addict Behav. 2006 Mar;31(3):399-403. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.05.022. Epub 2005 Jun 16.
It has been suggested that high levels of behavioral approach system (BAS) sensitivity predispose psychopathological conditions that are characterized by a pathological engagement in approach behaviors, such as alcohol and drug abuse. The present study examined differences in scores on the BIS/BAS scales between clinically referred drug addicts and alcoholics and healthy control subjects. Results showed that drug addicts had higher BAS scores than controls and this was particularly true for BAS drive and BAS fun seeking. No differences were observed between the alcoholics and the other two groups. This is the first time that a relation between heightened BAS and drug addicts is observed in a clinical sample. These findings provide partial support for Gray's personality theory, which predicts a relation between BAS and substance abuse.
有人认为，行为趋近系统（BAS）的高敏感性会使人易患以趋近行为的病理性投入为特征的精神病理状况，比如酒精和药物滥用。本研究考察了临床转诊的吸毒者、酗酒者与健康对照者在BIS/BAS量表上的得分差异。结果显示，吸毒者的BAS得分高于对照组，在BAS驱力和BAS寻求乐趣方面尤其如此。酗酒者与其他两组之间未观察到差异。这是首次在临床样本中观察到BAS增强与吸毒者之间的关系。这些发现为格雷的人格理论提供了部分支持，该理论预测了BAS与物质滥用之间的关系。
