Dynamics of the general factor of personality in response to a single dose of caffeine

  1. Caselles Moncho, Antonio 1
  2. Micó, Joan 2
  3. Amigó Borrás, Salvador 1
  1. 1 Universitat de València
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    Universitat de València

    Valencia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/043nxc105

  2. 2 Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
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    Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

    Valencia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01460j859

Revista:
The Spanish Journal of Psychology

ISSN: 1138-7416

Año de publicación: 2011

Volumen: 14

Número: 2

Páginas: 675-692

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5209/REV_SJOP.2011.V14.N2.16 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: The Spanish Journal of Psychology

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Resumen

La investigación sobre el Factor General de Personalidad (FGP) es un campo emergente en la investigación sobre personalidad. Este artículo presenta un modelo matemático y teórico para predecir los efectos a corto plazo de una dosis de droga estimulante sobre el FGP y presenta los resultados de un experimento con café. El Cuestionario del Factor General de Personalidad (CFGP) es aquí considerado como una buena aproximación psicométrica para medir el FGP. Los mecanismos dinámicos de cambio del FGP están basados en la Teoría del Rasgo Único de Personalidad (TRUP). Esta teoría propone la existencia de un FGP que se sitúa en la cúspide de la estructura jerárquica de personalidad, y se extiende desde un polo de agresividad-impulsividad (tendencia de aproximación) hasta un polo de introversiónansiedad (tendencia de evitación). Se llevó a cabo un experimento con 25 voluntarios. Todos los participantes cumplimentaron en ayunas el Cuestionario del Factor General de Personalidad (CFGP) y la lista de adjetivos de búsqueda de sensaciones del MAACL-R en su versión de rasgo. Los participantes del grupo experimental (20) recibieron 330 mg de cafeína. Todos los participantes cumplimentaron un cuestionario con los adjetivos de búsqueda de sensaciones, en su versión de estado, cada 4.5 minutos. En este estudio se considera que la escala de adjetivos de búsqueda de sensaciones del MAACL-R, tanto en versión rasgo como estado, es una buena aproximación psicométrica del FGP. Los resultados muestran que una dosis de cafeína modifica el FGP en la dirección predicha por la Teoría del Rasgo Único de Personalidad.

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