Social anhedonia has been employed in psychometric high-risk studies to identify putative schizotypes. To date, this research has focused almost exclusively on college samples. The current study sought to examine the validity of social anhedonia as an indicator of risk for schizophrenia-spectrum disorders within a community sample. Furthermore, we evaluated the role of other individual differen...

BACKGROUND In the literature negative affectivity (NA) is considered both a confounding variable as well as a predictive variable for work-related stress. However, a common limitation in this line of research relates to the use of self-report measures for determining NA, perceived stressors and psychophysical strain. AIMS To test, using a multi-method study, a theoretical model that correlate...

This article focuses on a particular kind of affect regulation, mentalized affectivity, which entails revaluing, not just modulating, affects. The author argues that affectivity challenges us to comprehend the impact of our representational world on affective experience and that this process plays a crucial role in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Three elements of affectivity are delineated and d...

Despite the vital role that trailing partners play for successful expatriation, we still know very little about what actually causes to thrive and integrate effectively into new cultural context. However, as indications have emerged personality of could be key a favorable acculturation trajectory, set out explore this further. More specifically, assess expatriate partners’ dispositional affecti...

Previous results suggest that both cortisol mobilization and the error-related negativity (ERN/Ne) reflect goal engagement, i.e. the mobilization and allocation of attentional and physiological resources. Personality measures of negative affectivity have been associated both to high cortisol levels and large ERN/Ne amplitudes. However, measures of positive social adaptation and agreeableness ha...

The tendency for occasional risk-taking was compared with the tendency for frequent risk-taking within a population of 201 young people. Positive affectivity, negative affectivity, sensation seeking, and risk-taking were measured for the domains of substance use, behavior on the road, sexual relations, and deviant behavior. The tendencies for occasional versus frequent risk-taking generalize ac...