Dynamics of the General Factor of Personality in response to a Single Dose of Caffeine

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 675-692

  Caselles, Antonio ^a   Micó, Joan C ^b   Amigo, Salvador ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caffeine; General Factor of Personality; Personality dynamic model; Sensation seeking; Unique trait

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155148676     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5209/rev_SJOP.2011.v14.n2.16     Document Type: Article

References (70)

1. Amigó, S. (2005). La teoría del rasgo único de personalidad. Hacia una teoria unificada del cerebro y la conducta [The Unique Personality Trait Theory. Towards a unified theory of brain and behavior]. Valencia, Spain: Universität Politècnica de València
2. Amigó, S., Caselles, A., & Micó, J. C. (2008a). A dynamic extraversion model: the brain's response to a single dose of a stimulant drug. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 61, 211-231. doi:10.1348/000711007X185514
3. Amigó, S., Micó, J. C, & Caselles, A. (December, 2008b). Adjective scale of the unique personality trait: measure of personality as an overall and complete system. Proceedings of the 7th Congress of the European Systems Union, Lisboa, Portugal.
4. Amigó, S., Micó, J. C, & Caselles, A. (2009). Five adjectives to explain the whole personality: a brief scale of personality. Revista Internacional de Sistemas, 16, 41-43.
5. Amigó, S., Caselles, A., & Micó, J. C. (2010). The General Factor of Personality Questionnaire (GFPQ): Only one factor to understand the personality? The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 13, 5-17.
6. Arnaud, M. J. (1987). The pharmacology of caffeine. Progress in Drug Research, 31, 273-313. (Pubitemid 18031077)
7. Arnaud, M. J., & Welsch, C. (1982). Theophyline and caffeine metabolism in man. In N. Reitbrock, B. G Woodcock, & A. H. Staib (Eds.), Teophyline and Other Methylxanthines (pp. 135-148). Zurich, Switzerland: Friedrich Vieweg and Sons.
8. Bogaert, A. F., & Rusthon, J. P. (1989). Sexuality, delinquency and r/K reproductive strategies: Data from Canadian university sample. Personality and Individual Differences, 10, 1071-1077. doi:10.1016/0191-8869(89)90259-6
9. Bonati, M., Latini, R., Tognoni, G, Young, J. F., & Garattini, S. (1984). Interspecies comparison of in vivo caffeine pharmacokinetics in man, monkey, rabbit, rat and mouse. Drug Metabolism Reviews, 15, 1355-1383. doi:10.3109/03602538409 029964 (Pubitemid 15028349)
10. Caselles, A. (1998). REGINT: a tool for discovery by complex function fitting. In R. Trappl (Ed.), Cybernetics and System? '98, Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies, Vienna, 787-792.
11. Caselles, A., Micó, J. C, & Amigó, S. (2010). Cocaine addiction and personality: A mathematical model. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 63, 449-480. doi:10.1348/000711009X470768
12. Chrousos, G P., & Gold, P. W. (1992). The concepts of stress and stress system disorders. Journal of the American Medical Association, 267, 1244-1252. doi:10.1001/jama.1992.03480090092034
13. Childs, E., & De Wit, H. (2006). Subjective, behavioral, and physiological effects of acute caffeine in light, nondependent caffeine users. Psychopharmacology, 185, 514-523. doi:10.1007/s00213-006-0341-3
14. De Brabander, B., Hellemans, J., Bone, C, & Gerits, P. (1996). Locus of control, sensation seeking, and stress. Psychological Reports, 19, 1307-1312. (Pubitemid 126670344)
15. Draper, N. R., & Smith, H., (1981). Applied Regression Analysis (2nd Ed.) (pp. 141-192). New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons
16. Erdle, S., Irwing, P., Rushton, J. P., & Park, J. (2010). The general factor of personality and its relation to self-esteem in 628, 640 Internet respondents. Personality and Individual Differences, 48, 343-346. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2009.09.004
17. Everly, G S. (1989). A clinical guide to the treatment of the human stress response. New York, NY: Plenum Press.
18. Eysenck, H. J. (1967). The biological basis of personality. Springfield, IL: Thomas.
19. Farmer, A., Redman, K., Harris, T., Mahmood, A., Sadler, S. & McGuffin, P. (2001). Sensation-seeking, life events and depression: The Cardiff depression Study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 178, 549-552. doi:10.1192/bjp.178.6.549 (Pubitemid 32531749)
20. Figueredo, A. J., Vásquez, G, Brumbach, B. H., Schneider, S. M. R., Sefcek, J. A., Tal, I. R.,⋯ Jacobs, W. J. (2006). Consilience and Life History Theory: From genes to brain to reproductive strategy. Developmental Review, 2, 243-275. doi:10.1016/j.dr.2006.02.002 (Pubitemid 43758242)
21. Figueredo, A. J., & Rushton, J. P. (2009). Evidence for shared genetic dominance between the general factor of personality, mental and physical health, and life history traits. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 12, 555-563. doi:10.1375/twin.12.6.555
22. Garrett, B. E., & Griffiths, R. R. (1998). Physical dependence increases the relative reinforcing effects of caffeine versus placebo. Psychopharmacology, 139, 195-202. doi:10.1007/s002130050704 (Pubitemid 28439516)
23. Grossberg, S. (2000). The unbalanced brain: from normal behavior to schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry, 48, 81-98. doi:10.1016/S0006-3223(00) 00903-3 (Pubitemid 30618798)
24. Haskell, C. F., Kennedy, D. O., Wesnes, K. A., & Scholey, A. B. (2005). Cognitive and mood improvements of caffeine in habitual consumers and habitual non-consumers of caffeine. Psychopharmacology, 179, 813-825. doi:10.1007/s00213-004-2104-3 (Pubitemid 40767901)
25. James, J. E. (1994). Does caffeine enhance or merely restore degraded psychomotor performance? Neuropsychobiology, 3, 124-125. (Pubitemid 24284812)
26. Lieberman, H. R., Wurtman, R. J., Emde, G G, Roberts, C, & Coviella, I. L. (1987). The effects of low doses of caffeine on human performance and mood. Psychopharmacology, 92, 308-312. doi:10.1007/BF00210835 (Pubitemid 17100477)
27. Lubin, G, Van Whitlock, R., Reddy, D., & Petren, S. (2001). A comparison of the short and long forms of the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List-Revised (MAACL-R). Journal of Clinical Psychology, 57, 411-416. doi:10.1002/jclp. 1023 (Pubitemid 32198545)
28. Mackay, M., Tiplady, B., & Scholey, A.B. (2002). Interactions between alcohol and caffeine in relation to psychomotor speed and accuracy. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, 17, 151-156. doi:10.1002/hup.371 (Pubitemid 34460846)
29. McNair, D. L. M., & Droppleman, L. (1971). Profile of mood states. San Diego, CA: Educational and Industrial Testing Service.
30. Mitchell, S. H., De Wit, H., & Zacny, J. P. (1995). Caffeine withdrawal symptoms and self administration following caffeine deprivation. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior, 51, 941-945. doi:10.1016/0091- 3057(94)00426-J
31. Musek, J. (2007). A general factor of personality: Evidence for the Big One in the five-factor model. Journal of Research in Personality, 41, 1213-1233. doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2007.02.003
32. Nehlig, A. (1999). Are we dependent upon coffee and caffeine? A review on human and animal data. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 23, 563-576. doi:10.1016/S0149-7634(98)00050-5 (Pubitemid 29086925)
33. Nurminen, M. L., Niittynen, L., Korpela, R., & Vapaatalo, H. (1999). Coffee, caffeine and blood pressure: a critical review. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 53, 831-839. doi:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600899 (Pubitemid 29532988)
34. Pelechano, V. (1973). Personalidad y adaptaciôn: très escuelas y un modelo. Barcelona, Spain: Vicens Vives.
35. Pelechano, V. (2000). Psicologia sistemàtica de la personalidad. Barcelona, Spain: Ariel.
36. Pickering, A. D. (2004). The Neuropsychology of Impulsive Antisocial Sensation Seeking Personality Traits: From dopamine to hippocampal function? In R. M. Stelmack (Ed.), On the Psychobiology of Personality. New York, NY: Elsevier Ldt.
37. Pickering, A. D., & Smille, L. D. (2008). The behavioral activation system: challenges and opportunities. In P. J. Corr (Ed.), The Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory of Personality. New York, NY: Cambrige University Press.
38. Piazza, P. V, Déroche, V, Deminière, J. M., Maccari, S., Le Moal, M., & Simon, H. (1993). Corticosterone in the range of stress-induced levels possesses reinforcing properties: Implications for sensation-seeking behaviors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 90, 11738-11742. doi:10.1073/pnas.90.24.11738 (Pubitemid 24008714)
39. Revelle, W., Humphreys, M. S., Simon, L., & Gilliland, K. (1980). The interactive effect of personality, time of the day and caffeine: a test of the arousal model. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 109, 1-31. doi:10.1037//0096-3445.109.1.1
40. Reyner, L. A., & Home, J. A. (2000). Early morning driver sleepiness: effectiveness of 200 mg of caffeine. Psychopharmacology, 37, 251-256. (Pubitemid 30140290)
41. Roberts, H. R., & Barone, J. J. (1983). Biological effects of caffeine: history and use. Food Technology, 37, 32-39.
42. Rogers, P. J., & Dernoncourt, C. (1998). Regular caffeine consumption: a balance of adverse and beneficial effects for mood and psychomotor performance. Pharmacology Biochemistry & Behavior, 59, 1039-1045. doi:10.1016/S0091-3057(97)00515-7 (Pubitemid 28237920)
43. Rogers, P. J., Martin, J., Smith, C, Heatherley, S. V, & Smit, H. J. (2003). Absence of reinforcing mood and psychomotor performance effects of caffeine in habitual non-consumers of caffeine. Psychopharmacology, 167, 54-62. (Pubitemid 36535292)
44. Rushton, J. P., Bons, T. A., & Hur, Y-M. (2008). The genetics and evolution of the general factor of personality. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 1173-1185. doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2009.01.005
45. Rushton, J. P., Bons, T. A., Ando, J., Hur, Y-M., Irwing, P., Vernon, P.A.,⋯ Barbaranelli, C. (2009). A general factor of personality from multitrait-multimethod data and cross-national twins. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 12, 356-365. doi:10.1375/twin.12.4.356
46. Rushton, J. P., & Irwing, P. (2008). A General Factor of Personality (GFP) from two meta-analyses of the Big Five: Digman (1997) and Mount, Barrik, Scullen, and Rounds (2005). Personality and Individual Differences, 45, 679-683. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2008.07.015
47. Rushton, J. P., & Irwing, P. (2009a). A general factor of personality in the Comrey Personality Scales, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2, and the Multicultural Personality Questionnaire. Personality and Individual Differences, 46, 437-42. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2008.11.015
48. Rushton, J. P., & Irwing, P. (2009b). A general factor of personality in 16 sets of the Big Five, the Gui 1 ford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey, the California Psychological Inventory, and the Temperament and Character Inventory. Personality and Individual Differences, 47, 558-564. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2009. 05.009
49. Rushton, J. P., & Irwing, P. (2009c). A general factor of personality (GFP) from the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire. Personality and Individual Differences, 47, 571-576. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2009.05.011
50. Rushton, J. P., & Irwing, P. (2009d). A General Factor of Personality in the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-Ill, the Dimensional Assessment of Personality Pathology, and the Personality Assessment Inventory. Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 1091-1095. doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2009.06.002
51. Schermer, J. A., & Vernon, P. A. (2010). The correlation between general intelligence (g), a general factor of personality (GFP), and social desirability. Personality and Individual Differences, 48, 187-189. doi:10.10I6/j.paid.2009.10.003
52. Schutte, N. S., Malouff, J. M., Segrera, E., Wolf, A., & Rodgers, L. (2003). States reflecting the Big Five dimensions. Personality and Individual Differences, 34, 591-603. doi:10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00031-4 (Pubitemid 36140479)
53. Silverman, K., & Griffiths, R. R. (1992). Low-dose caffeine discrimination and self-reported mood effects in normal volunteers. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 57, 91-107. doi:10.1901/jeab. 1992.57-91
54. Smit, H. J., & Rogers, P. J. (2000). Effects of low doses of caffeine on cognitive performance, mood and thirst in low and higher caffeine consumers. Psychopharmacology, 152, 167-173. doi:10.1007/s002130000506
55. Smith, B. D. (1983). Extraversion and electrodermal activity: arousability and the inverted-U. Personality and Individual Differences, 4, 411-420. doi:10.1016/0191-8869(83)90007-7
56. Smith, A., Brice, C, Nash, J., Rich, N., & Nutt, D. J. (2003). Caffeine and central noradrenalin: effects on mood, cognitive performance, eye movements and cardiovascular function. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 17, 283-292. doi:10.1177/026988 11030173010 (Pubitemid 37150837)
57. Solomon, R. L., & Corbit, J. D. (1974). An opponent-process theory of motivation. I. Temporal dynamics of affect. Psychological Review, 81, 119-145. doi:10.1037/h0036128
58. Swift, C. G, & Tiplady, B. (1988). The effects of age on the response to caffeine. Psychopharmacology, 94, 29-31. doi:10.1007/BF00735876 (Pubitemid 18009060)
59. Tinley, E. M., Durlach, P. J., & Yeomans, M. R, (2004). How habitual caffeine consumption and dose influence flavour preference conditioning with caffeine. Physiology & Behavior, 82, 317-324. doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.03. 018 (Pubitemid 38981617)
60. Veselka, L., Schermer, J. A., Petrides, K. V., Cherkas, L. F., Spence, T. D., & Vernon, P.A. (2009a). A general factor of personality: Evidence from the HEXACO Model and a measure of trait emotional intelligence. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 12, 420-424. doi:10.1375/twin.12.5.420
61. Veselka, L., Schermer, J. A., Petrides, K. V, & Vernon, P. A. (2009b). Evidence for a heritable general factor of personality in two studies. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 12, 254-260. doi:10.1375/twin. 12.3.254
62. Warburton, D. M., Bersellini, E., & Sweeney, E. (2001). An evaluation of a caffeinated tauring drink on mood, memory and information processing in healthy volunteers without caffeine abstinence. Psychopharmacology, 158, 322-328. (Pubitemid 33072112)
63. Wilson, G. A. (1990). Personality, time of day, and arousal. Personality and Individual Differences, 11, 153-168. doi:10.1016/0191-8869(90)90008-F
64. Yeomans, M. R., Javaherian, S., Tovey, H. M., & Stafford, L. D. (2005). Attention bias for caffeine-related stimuli in high but not moderate or non-caffeine consumers. Psychopharmacology, 181, 477-485. doi:10.1007/s00213- 005-0004-9 (Pubitemid 41480896)
65. Yeomans, M. R., Spetch, H., & Rogers, P. J. (1998). Conditioned flavour preference negatively reinforced by caffeine in human volunteers. Psychopharmacology, 137, 401-409. doi:10.1007/s002130050636 (Pubitemid 28305376)
66. Zuckerman, M., & Lubin, B. (1985). The Multiple Affect Adjective Check List Revised. San Diego, CA: Educational and Industrial Testing Services.
67. Zuckerman, M., & Neeb, M. (1979). Sensation seeking and psychopathology. Psychiatry Research, 1, 255-264. doi:10.1016/0165-1781(79) 90007-6 (Pubitemid 10123386)
68. Zuckerman, M. (1992). What is a basic factor and which factors are basic? Turtles all the way down. Personality and Individual Differences, 13, 675-681. doi:10.1016/0191-8869(92)90238K
69. Zuckerman, M., Lubin, B., & Rinck, C. M. (1983). Construction of new scales for the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 5, 119-129. doi:10.1007/BF01321444 (Pubitemid 14191623)
70. Zuckerman, M., Kuhlman, D. M., Joireman, J., Teta, P., & Kraft, M. (1993). A comparison of three structural models for personality: The Big Three, The Big Five, and the Alternative Five. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 757-768. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.65.4.757