Quarles Emma, West Samuel J, Keen Larry
Department of Psychology, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA, USA.
Center for Outreach and Treatment Through Education and Research, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA, USA.
J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2025 Jan;31(1):67-74. doi: 10.1017/S135561772400047X. Epub 2024 Dec 10.
The present study sought to determine the associations between executive functioning and Big Five personality traits in an undergraduate sample.
Participants included 200 undergraduates (73% women), with a mean age of approximately 21 years. Participants completed the Big Five Inventory-44 and a psychological assessment battery, which included the Trail Making Test and the Semantic Fluency Test.
Results from multiple regression analyses suggested agreeableness was negatively associated with Semantic Fluency - Animals (β = -0.310, < 0.001). Moreover, conscientiousness was positively associated with Trail Making Test B-A (β = 0.197, = 0.016), but negatively associated with Trail Making Test A (β = -0.193, = 0.017).
Overall results identified that executive function association with personality varies by construct. Given conscientiousness' differential associations within the executive function task performances, future research should examine the conscientious threshold that would result in psychological symptomatology associated with extreme lows and highs in conscientiousness.
本研究旨在确定本科样本中执行功能与大五人格特质之间的关联。
参与者包括200名本科生（73%为女性），平均年龄约21岁。参与者完成了大五人格量表-44以及一套心理评估测试，其中包括连线测验和语义流畅性测试。
多元回归分析结果表明，宜人性与语义流畅性-动物测试呈负相关（β = -0.310，<0.001）。此外，尽责性与连线测验B-A呈正相关（β = 0.197，= 0.016），但与连线测验A呈负相关（β = -0.193，= 0.017）。
总体结果表明，执行功能与人格的关联因结构而异。鉴于尽责性在执行功能任务表现中的不同关联，未来研究应考察尽责性极低和极高时会导致心理症状的尽责性阈值。
