Life history strategy as a mediator between childhood environmental unpredictability and adulthood personality
Life history strategy as a mediator between childhood environmental unpredictability and adulthood personality
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DOI：
10.1016/j.paid.2017.02.032
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发表时间：
2017-06-01
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
Sun, Shijin
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作者：
Chen, Bin-Bin;Shi, Zeyi;Sun, Shijin
生活史理论提供了一个统一的视角，将人类行为理解为对特定环境条件做出反应的适应性生命史策略。尽管有几项研究考察了人格特征和黄体生成素策略之间的联系，但很少有现有的经验性文献研究早期生活环境条件如何与成年后的人格特征相关。本研究的目的是考察儿童环境不可预测性、生活史策略和五因素模型所确定的人格基本维度之间的关系。共有252名本科生完成了童年环境不可预测性、缓慢的左撇子策略和个性的测量。结构方程模型表明，正如预测的那样，缓慢的促黄体生成素策略在儿童环境不可预测性和五种人格特征之间起到了中介作用。这些结果定义了人格特质的进化起源。最后讨论了研究的局限性和对未来研究的建议。(C)2017爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
Life history (LH) theory provides a unifying perspective on understanding human behaviors as adaptive LH strategies in response to particular environmental conditions. Although several studies have examined the association between personality traits and LH strategies, there is little extant empirical literature examining how early life environmental conditions might be related to personality traits in adulthood. The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationships between childhood environmental unpredictability, life history strategies, and the basic dimensions of personality as identified by the Five Factor Model. A total of 252 undergraduate students completed measures of childhood environmental unpredictability, a slow LH strategy, and personality. Structural equation modeling indicated that, as predicted, a slow LH strategy mediated the association between childhood environmental unpredictability and five personality traits. These results define the evolutionary origin of personality traits. Limitations and suggestions for future research are discussed. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.