Zapolski Tamika C B, Cyders Melissa A, Smith Gregory T
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0044, USA.
Psychol Addict Behav. 2009 Jun;23(2):348-54. doi: 10.1037/a0014684.
There are several different personality traits that dispose individuals to engage in rash action. One such trait is positive urgency: the tendency to act rashly when experiencing extremely positive affect. This trait may be relevant for college student risky behavior, because it appears that a great deal of college student risky behavior is undertaken during periods of intensely positive mood states. To test this possibility, the authors conducted a longitudinal study designed to predict increases in risky sexual behavior and illegal drug use over the course of the first year of college (n=407). In a well-fitting structural model, positive urgency predicted increases in illegal drug use and risky sexual behavior, even after controlling for time 1 (T1) involvement in both risky behaviors, biological sex, and T1 scores on four other personality dispositions to rash action. The authors discuss the theoretical and practical implications of this finding.
有几种不同的人格特质会使个体倾向于采取鲁莽行动。其中一种特质是积极紧迫性：即在体验到极度积极情绪时鲁莽行事的倾向。这种特质可能与大学生的冒险行为有关，因为大量的大学生冒险行为似乎是在情绪极度积极的时期发生的。为了验证这种可能性，作者进行了一项纵向研究，旨在预测大学一年级期间（n = 407）危险性性行为和非法药物使用的增加情况。在一个拟合良好的结构模型中，即使在控制了时间1（T1）时参与两种冒险行为的情况、生理性别以及其他四种鲁莽行动人格倾向的T1得分之后，积极紧迫性仍能预测非法药物使用和危险性性行为的增加。作者讨论了这一发现的理论和实际意义。
