Abstract

We examine the structural overlap of the Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS) and the Behavioral Approach System (BAS) with Stability and Plasticity, the two higher-order factors encompassing the Big Five. Carver and White’s BIS/BAS and the Big Five Inventory were administered to a sample of 330 adults, serving both as targets and informants. Self- and other-ratings were modeled by using the Correlated Trait-Correlated Method model. BIS and BAS correlated highly with metatraits, after method variance and measurement error were partialled out: BIS was positively related to Stability, while BAS was positively related to Plasticity and negatively related to Stability. After the higher-order factors were controlled, the BIS was highly and positively related to Emotional stability, whereas the BAS had a small but significant relationship with Extraversion. Findings are discussed with regard to the most appropriate level of generality/specificity at which the personality correlates of BIS and BAS can be investigated.

摘要

我们研究了行为抑制系统（BIS）和行为接近系统（BAS）具有稳定性和可塑性的结构重叠，这两个高阶因素涵盖了“五大”。卡弗和怀特（Carver）和怀特（White）的BIS / BAS和“大五国”调查表是对330名成年人的样本进​​行管理的，这些成年人既是目标对象，又是线人。通过使用相关性状相关方法模型对自我评价和其他评价进行建模。在将方法的方差和测量误差归为一部分后，BIS和BAS与元性高度相关：BIS与稳定性成正相关，而BAS与可塑性成正相关而与稳定性成负相关。在高阶因素得到控制后，BIS与情绪稳定高度相关，而BAS与Extraversion的关系很小但很重要。讨论了关于最适当的一般性/特殊性水平的发现，在该水平上可以调查BIS和BAS的人格相关性。