Heaven P C
School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Charles Sturt University, NSW, Australia.
J Genet Psychol. 1991 Mar;152(1):91-9. doi: 10.1080/00221325.1991.9914681.
In Eysenckian personality theory, the dimension extraversion has traditionally consisted of two elements, sociability and impulsiveness. More recently, however, impulsiveness has become associated with the dimension psychoticism (Rocklin & Revelle, 1981), although subfactors of impulsiveness have been shown to be differentially related to extraversion and psychoticism (S. Eysenck & H. Eysenck, 1977). This study investigates the structures of impulsiveness and venturesomeness and their association with extraversion, emotional stability-neuroticism, and psychoticism among 170 Australian adolescents. Both impulsiveness and venturesomeness were found to be multidimensional, although the subfactors differed slightly from those suggested by the Eysencks. No support was found for the view that impulsiveness narrowly defined is pathological, although the impulsiveness and venturesomeness subfactors were found to be differentially related to extraversion, emotional stability-neuroticism, and psychoticism. The theoretical implications of these findings are briefly discussed.
在艾森克人格理论中，外向性维度传统上由社交性和冲动性两个要素构成。然而，最近冲动性已与精神质维度相关联（罗克林和雷维尔，1981年），尽管冲动性的子因素已被证明与外向性和精神质有不同的关联（S. 艾森克和H. 艾森克，1977年）。本研究调查了170名澳大利亚青少年的冲动性和冒险性结构及其与外向性、情绪稳定性 - 神经质和精神质的关联。结果发现冲动性和冒险性都是多维的，尽管其子因素与艾森克夫妇提出的略有不同。虽然发现冲动性和冒险性的子因素与外向性、情绪稳定性 - 神经质和精神质有不同的关联，但未找到支持狭义定义的冲动性是病态的观点的证据。这些发现的理论意义将简要讨论。
