Conscientiousness predicts greater recovery from negative emotion

Emotion

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 875-881

  Javaras, Kristin N ^a   Schaefer, Stacey M ^a   van Reekum, Carien M ^b   Lapate, Regina C ^a   Greischar, Lawrence L ^a   Bachhuber, David R ^a   Love, Gayle Dienberg ^c   Ryff, Carol D ^c   Davidson, Richard J ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional reactivity; Emotional recovery; Personality; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSCIENTIOUSNESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGATIVE EMOTION; PERSONALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SELF CONTROL; SELF REPORT; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84874486911     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028105     Document Type: Article

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