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Conscientiousness predicts greater recovery from negative emotion.
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Greater levels of conscientiousness have been associated with lower levels of negative affect. We focus on one mechanism through which conscientiousness may decrease negative affect: effective emotion regulation, as reflected by greater recovery from negative stimuli. In 273 adults who were 35-85 years old, we collected self-report measures of personality including conscientiousness and its self-control facet, followed on average 2 years later by psychophysiological measures of emotional reactivity and recovery. Among middle-aged adults (35-65 years old), the measures of conscientiousness and self-control predicted greater recovery from, but not reactivity to, negative emotional stimuli. The effect of conscientiousness and self-control on recovery was not driven by other personality variables or by greater task adherence on the part of high conscientiousness individuals. In addition, the effect was specific to negative emotional stimuli and did not hold for neutral or positive emotional stimuli.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Javaras, K. N., Schaefer, S. M., van Reekum, C. M., Lapate, R. C., Greischar, L. L., Bachhuber, D. R., Love, G. D., Ryff, C. D., & Davidson, R. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Wisconsin System (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Corresponding author
- Javaras, Kristin N.
- Venue
- Emotion
- Published
- 2012
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 875-881
- ISSN
- 1528-3542 (ISSN-L)
- 1931-1516
- PMC
- PMC3434282
- OpenAlex
- W2162742607
- Cited by
- 105
- References
- 27
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 7.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Emotion (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- CentAUR (University of Reading) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Aging (P01-AG020166)
- National Institute of Mental Health (P50 MH084051 and R01 MH043454)
- Fetzer Institute
- Baumann Foundation
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Keywords
- conscientiousness, self-control, emotional recovery, emotional reactivity, negative affect, emotion regulation, personality traits, middle-aged adults, emotional stimuli
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Emotions, Female, Humans, Internal-External Control, Male, Middle Aged, Personality, Personality Inventory, Linear Models
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