Nour Matthew M, Evans Lisa, Carhart-Harris Robin L
a NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow , Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London , London , UK.
b Master's Student , Centre for Neuropsychopharmacology, Division of Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine , Imperial College London, London , UK.
J Psychoactive Drugs. 2017 Jul-Aug;49(3):182-191. doi: 10.1080/02791072.2017.1312643. Epub 2017 Apr 26.
The psychedelic experience (including psychedelic-induced ego dissolution) can effect lasting change in a person's attitudes and beliefs. Here, we aimed to investigate the association between naturalistic psychedelic use and personality, political perspectives, and nature relatedness using an anonymous internet survey. Participants (N = 893) provided information about their naturalistic psychedelic, cocaine, and alcohol use, and answered questions relating to personality traits of openness and conscientiousness (Ten-Item Personality Inventory), nature relatedness (Nature-Relatedness Scale), and political attitudes (one-item liberalism-conservatism measure and five-item libertarian-authoritarian measure). Participants also rated the degree of ego dissolution experienced during their "most intense" recalled psychedelic experience (Ego-Dissolution Inventory). Multivariate linear regression analysis indicated that lifetime psychedelic use (but not lifetime cocaine use or weekly alcohol consumption) positively predicted liberal political views, openness and nature relatedness, and negatively predicted authoritarian political views, after accounting for potential confounding variables. Ego dissolution experienced during a participant's "most intense" psychedelic experience positively predicted liberal political views, openness and nature relatedness, and negatively predicted authoritarian political views. Further work is needed to investigate the nature of the relationship between the peak psychedelic experience and openness to new experiences, egalitarian political views, and concern for the environment.
迷幻体验（包括迷幻剂引发的自我消解）能够对一个人的态度和信念产生持久的改变。在此，我们旨在通过一项匿名网络调查，探究自然主义的迷幻剂使用与人格、政治观点以及与自然的关联之间的关系。参与者（N = 893）提供了他们自然主义的迷幻剂、可卡因和酒精使用情况的信息，并回答了与开放性和尽责性人格特质（十项人格量表）、与自然的关联（与自然关联量表）以及政治态度（单项自由主义 - 保守主义测量和五项自由意志主义 - 权威主义测量）相关的问题。参与者还对他们在“最强烈”的迷幻体验中所经历的自我消解程度进行了评分（自我消解量表）。多变量线性回归分析表明，在考虑潜在混杂变量后，终生迷幻剂使用（而非终生可卡因使用或每周酒精消费）正向预测自由主义政治观点、开放性和与自然的关联，负向预测权威主义政治观点。参与者在“最强烈”的迷幻体验中所经历的自我消解正向预测自由主义政治观点、开放性和与自然的关联，负向预测权威主义政治观点。需要进一步开展工作来探究迷幻体验高峰与对新体验的开放性、平等主义政治观点以及对环境的关注之间关系的本质。
