Nori Raffaella, Mercuri Noemi, Giusberti Fiorella, Bensi Luca, Gambetti Elisa
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Am J Psychol. 2009 Winter;122(4):497-505.
Research on the relationship between personality and social factors in spatial cognitive style is sparse. The present research was conducted to help fill the gap in this domain. We investigated the influence of specific personality traits (masculine/feminine, spatial and trait anxiety), state anxiety, and sex on spatial cognitive style. One hundred forty-two participants completed a battery of spatial tasks in order to assess their spatial cognitive style and filled in questionnaires about the personality traits under examination. Results showed that state anxiety, spatial anxiety, sex, and masculine/feminine trait of personality are predictors of spatial cognitive style. More specifically, it seems that masculine/feminine trait mediates the relationship between sex and spatial cognitive style. Such findings confirm the importance of personality in determining differences in spatial representation.
关于空间认知风格中人格与社会因素之间关系的研究很少。本研究旨在填补这一领域的空白。我们调查了特定人格特质（男性化/女性化、空间焦虑和特质焦虑）、状态焦虑和性别对空间认知风格的影响。142名参与者完成了一系列空间任务，以评估他们的空间认知风格，并填写了关于所研究人格特质的问卷。结果表明，状态焦虑、空间焦虑、性别和男性化/女性化人格特质是空间认知风格的预测因素。更具体地说，男性化/女性化特质似乎介导了性别与空间认知风格之间的关系。这些发现证实了人格在决定空间表征差异方面的重要性。
