冲动性是否可以作为对童年环境恶劣的反应而演变?
Atsushi Kometani1, Yohsuke Ohtsubo2
1Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Humanities, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.
Evolutionary human sciences
|August 17, 2023
概括
人类的冲动性,与儿童低社会经济地位 (SES) 相关,似乎并没有随着健康发展而演变. 相反,冲动性,特别是快速的生命史策略,在所有社会经济背景下持续降低了健康.
科学领域:
- 进化心理学 进化心理学
- 行为遗传学行为遗传学
- 人类生态人类生态学
背景情况:
- 以前的研究表明,冲动性是对恶劣的童年环境的适应性反应,来自低社会经济地位 (SES) 家庭的个人表现出更高的冲动性.
- 然而,这种冲动性反应规范的可变性尚未经过实证测试.
研究的目的:
- 调查冲动性是否与低SES个体的健身增加和高SES个体的健身下降有关.
- 为了确定儿童SES的冲动性反应规范是否正在演变.
主要方法:
- 在692名中年成年人中评估了三个冲动性指数 (时间折扣,风险承担,快速/慢速生命史策略).
- 收集了关于童年SES和五个健康代理人的数据 (儿童数量,终身单身,收入,主观SES,生活满意度).
主要成果:
- 没有证据支持冲动反应规范在不同儿童SES水平的可变性.
- 儿童低SES在所有测量的代理中始终与较低的健身相关.
- 冲动性,作为快速生命史策略的运作,与儿童SES无关,与减弱的健身有关.
结论:
- 这项研究没有发现对冲动性因儿童社会经济地位而适应地演变的假设的支持.
- 冲动似乎对健康有害,无论一个人的社会经济背景如何.
- 儿童低SES与减少的健身结果有关,独立于冲动性的作用.
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