Personality moderates the interaction between positive and negative daily events predicting negative affect and stress

Personality Moderates the Interaction between Positive and Negative Daily Events Predicting Negative Affect and Stress.

A 30-day diary study examined personality moderators (neuroticism and extraversion) of the interaction between positive and negative daily events predicting daily negative affect and night-time stress. Multilevel analyses revealed positive daily events buffered the effect of negative daily events on negative affect for individuals low in neuroticism and individuals high in extraversion, but not...

Evaluation of Positive and Negative Affect Induction on the Regional Brain Activity and Personality Traits

Objective: The present study aims to investigate the effect of emotions (negative and positive affects) and gender on the activity of different brain regions and their relationship with personality traits of extraversion, introversion, neuroticism, and stability. Methods: The study participants were 33 right-handed volunteer undergraduate students (17 males and 16 females). Our stimuli were tw...

Positive Affect, Negative Affect, and Social Interaction

Two studies explored the relations of positive and negative affect (PA and NA) to social interaction. In Study 1, unacquainted dyads were surreptitiously videotaped as they participated in a 6-min interaction. Participants then evaluated the quality of the interaction. Independent observers also rated the videotaped interactions. Trait PA was positively related to both participant and observer ...

Relationship Between Positive and Negative Affect and Depression: The Mediating Role of Rumination

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between positive affect, negative affect, rumination and depression, and to explore the mediating role of rumination between positive and negative affect and depression.  Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 249 students, selected by convenience sampling method. All the participants completed positive...

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