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Behavioral activation and inhibition in everyday life.

Gable, Shelly L., Reis, Harry T., Elliot, Andrew J.·2000·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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Joint effects of daily events and dispositional sensitivities to cues of reward and punishment on daily positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA) were examined in 3 diary studies. Study 1 showed that positive events were strongly related to PA but not NA, whereas negative events were strongly related to NA but not PA. Studies 2 and 3 examined how the dispositional sensitivities of independent appetitive and aversive motivational systems, the Behavioral Activation System (BAS) and the Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS), moderated these relationships. Participants in Study 2 with higher BAS sensitivity reported more PA on average; those with more sensitive BIS reported more NA. Also, BIS moderated reactions to negative events, such that higher BIS sensitivity magnified reactions to negative events. Study 3 replicated these findings and showed that BAS predisposed people to experience more positive events. Results demonstrate the value of distinguishing within-person and between-person effects to clarify the functionally independent processes by which dispositional sensitivities influence affect.

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Authors
Gable, S. L., Reis, H. T., & Elliot, A. J.
Affiliations
University of Rochester (US)
Venue
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Published
2000
Volume
78
Issue
6
Pages
1135-1149
ISSN
  • 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1315
OpenAlex
W2005998742
Cited by
621
References
8
Citations by year
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FWCI
22.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Emory University
  • National Institutes of Health
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
Keywords
behavioral activation system, behavioral inhibition system, positive affect, negative affect, daily events, reward sensitivity, punishment sensitivity, within-person effects, between-person effects
MeSH terms
Adult, Affect, Arousal, Attention, Female, Humans, Inhibition, Psychological, Male, Motivation, Social Behavior, Social Environment

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