According to the idea that the central serotonergic system has a modulatory function on behavior and personality in general, we aimed to highlight its association to habitual positive emotionality. In a placebo-controlled double-blind and randomized cross-over neuroendocrine challenge design (n = 72 healthy males) we investigated the association of the central serotonergic responsivity, 5-HTTLP...

BACKGROUND Recent studies suggest an underlying three- or four-factor structure explains the conceptual overlap and distinctiveness of several negative emotionality and pain-related constructs. However, the validity of these latent factors for predicting pain has not been examined. METHODS A cohort of 189 (99 female, 90 male) healthy volunteers completed eight self-report negative emotionalit...

The paper explores the specificity of emotional processes, within total mental dynamics personality. It is explained that they have both subjective and objective dimension, concern selection individual attentional priorities, but also seeing order values. characteristics evaluation are considered optimal form human emotions examined. Incorrect correct differentiated, whereby formal meaning supe...

A growing literature indicates that temperamental emotionality traits may represent diatheses for mood disorders. This article describes the advantages of laboratory methods for assessing these traits, reviews issues regarding their use, and argues that these techniques provide unique opportunities for advancing understanding of temperamental risk. KEYWORDS—temperament; depression; laboratory p...

Title of Thesis: THE MODERATING ROLE OF NEGATIVE EMOTIONALITY, POSITIVE EMOTIONALITY, AND LOW CONSTRAINT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRAIN AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR Whytnee Foriest, Master of Arts, 2013 Thesis directed by: Professor Denise Gottfredson Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice General strain theory (GST) posits that strain causes crime (Agnew et al., 1992). Individuals who fai...

Individual differences in personality play a major role for functioning in a multitude of important life domains, including one's interpersonal relationships. The present study examined the effects of parental personality and child temperament traits on dyadic parent-child interaction during early childhood. Participants were a community sample of 145 mothers, 145 fathers, and their 3- to 6-yea...

PURPOSE Fetal programming is the idea that environmental stimuli can alter the development of the fetus, which may have a long-term effect on the child. We have recently reported that maternal prenatal cortisol predicts infant negative emotionality in a sex-dependent manner: high prenatal cortisol was associated with increased negative emotionality in females, and decreased negative emotionalit...

BACKGROUND According to the working memory (WM) theory of eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR), dual tasks that tax WM during memory recall reduce image vividness and emotionality of memory during future recalls when no dual task is carried out. There is some evidence that WM taxing also reduces vividness and emotionality of auditory or verbal imagery. OBJECTIVE The present st...