Littlefield Andrew K, Stevens Angela K, Ellingson Jarrod M, King Kevin M, Jackson Kristina M
Texas Tech University, Department of Psychological Sciences, Box 42051, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA.
Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, 210 McAlester Hall, Columbia, MO 65203, USA.
Pers Individ Dif. 2016 Feb 1;90:332-337. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.11.024.
The development and potential co-development of traits related to impulsivity and sensation seeking across adolescence has garnered substantial attention within the extant literature. Some prior research suggests that facets show distinct patterns of change across adolescence and that intraindividual changes in these traits may be unrelated. However, the extant literature is somewhat hampered by measurement issues and inconsistent findings. Using an accelerated longitudinal design in a sample of adolescents ( = 1018; ages 11-16), changes in negative urgency, positive urgency, and sensation seeking were examined. The three facets showed similar trajectories across time (i.e., increasing during early adolescence before leveling off). Across all facets, there was strong evidence of correlated change, suggesting these traits are, developmentally, strongly related phenomena.
在整个青春期,与冲动性和感觉寻求相关的特质的发展以及潜在的共同发展在现有文献中受到了大量关注。一些先前的研究表明,这些方面在青春期呈现出不同的变化模式,并且这些特质的个体内部变化可能是不相关的。然而,现有文献在一定程度上受到测量问题和不一致研究结果的阻碍。在一个青少年样本((n = 1018);年龄11 - 16岁)中采用加速纵向设计,研究了消极紧迫性、积极紧迫性和感觉寻求的变化。这三个方面在不同时间呈现出相似的轨迹(即在青春期早期增加,之后趋于平稳)。在所有方面,都有强有力的证据表明存在相关变化,这表明从发展角度来看,这些特质是密切相关的现象。