Factor structure and validity of the Affective Style Questionnaire

Jiang, Rui; Plunkett, Scott W.; Ainsworth, Andrew T.

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“…Davidson 2003), as well as enhanced rumination due to prolonged emotional rise and peak time for particularly negative emotions (Rusting and Nolen-Hoeksema 1998;Hofmann et al 2009). Furthermore, concealing is associated with enhanced and prolonged anxiety and depressive symptoms (Jiang et al 2018), and a distracted and wandering mind (Goleman and Davidson 2017, p. 172). For example, concealing individuals show enhanced sympathetic activation when giving an improptu speech compared to adjusting individuals (Hofmann et al 2009), just like concealing individuals tend to exhaust their mental resources more than other kinds of a↵ective styles due to suppression, resulting in a poorer memory (Richards and Gross 2000).…”

Section: The Process Model Of Emotional Regulationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, as tolerating has become an integrated and reliable a↵ective style, which is included in the ASQ, we include it analytically as well (e.g. Jiang et al 2018;Hofmann and Kashdan 2010).…”

Section: The Process Model Of Emotional Regulationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Consequently, we might find di↵erences between what constitutes social and political trust in the two countries. Also, studies on a↵ective styles have show that even though the ASQ has proven to be largely reliable and valid in di↵erent contexts, cultural di↵erences nevertheless exist when it comes to a↵ective styles (Ito and Hofmann 2014;Jiang et al 2018). And, more generally, we know that culture influences whether and how people regulate their emotions (e.g.…”

Section: Why A↵ective Styles Play a Role For Trust: Expectationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Following the PMER, we expect that emotional reappraisal down-regulates emotions, and thereby alters the trajectory of the emotional response early in the process. Consequently, adjusting individuals are less a↵ected by emotional valence and arousal, and as a result are more adaptable, less stressed, more robust, and better at moderating physiological arousal when exposed to challenging situations (Szasz et al 2011(Szasz et al , 2016Hofmann et al 2009;Gross 2002;Gross and John 2003;Jiang et al 2018). Conversely, the response-focused a↵ective style of concealing increases physiological responses to emotions due to e↵orts associated with inhibiting ongoing emotion-expressive behavior (Gross 2002, p. 284).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…While multiple dimensions exist, relating to emotional processing and response (Fox 2008, p. 72-73) the ASQ is, to our knowledge, the only measure of all three a↵ective styles. While minor divergences exist across cultures, the construct and external validity of the ASQ is generally strong (Jiang et al 2018).…”

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The Affective Style of Politics: Evidence from Surveys and Laboratory Experiments

Nielsen¹,

Mønster²

2021

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We know that emotions matter in politics, but less is known about the role of individual affective styles (i.e., the individual way of processing and responding to emotions). Building on the Process Model of Emotional Regulation (PMER), we report on two studies exploring the relationship between affective style (i.e. tolerating, adjusting, and concealing) and social and political trust. First, based on large-n survey data from Denmark (N=1048) and the United States (N=1046), we show strong cross-country similarities that adjusting positively predicts trust, while concealing negatively correlates with trust. Second, in a laboratory experiment (N=152), we conclude that concealing individuals are most influenced by emotions and contribute significantly less in a public goods game. In sum, combining various methodologies, we pioneer conclusions, showing affective style is a salient predictor for trust. We conclude by setting a research agenda for the inclusion of affective style in future studies in politics.

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Section: The Process Model Of Emotional Regulationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Why A↵ective Styles Play a Role For Trust: Expectationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Why A↵ective Styles Play a Role For Trust: Expectationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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The Affective Style of Politics: Evidence from Surveys and Laboratory Experiments

Nielsen¹,

Mønster²

2021

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Affective styles and their association with anxiety and depression in a Japanese clinical sample

Yamaguchi

Ito

Takebayashi

et al. 2022

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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Affective styles are assumed to play an important role in maintaining negative affect, including anxiety and depression. However, little is known about the longitudinal relationship between affective styles and symptoms. Therefore, we conducted a longitudinal study to examine the influence of affective styles, assessed using the Affective Style Questionnaire, on anxiety and depression among clinical populations in Japan. Using an online survey, 1521 participants (406 with major depressive disorder; 479 with one or more anxiety disorders; and 636 with both) answered the Affective Style Questionnaire and measures of emotion regulation, anxiety and depression symptoms. Data were collected twice over 2 months. Confirmatory factor analyses replicated the same four-factor structure found in a previous sample of Japanese university students. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that the affective styles had a slightly greater effect on anxiety symptoms but not on depression compared to other common emotion regulation strategies, such as suppression and reappraisal measured by the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ). Limitations of this study were that it used online surveys, in which, participants' diagnostic statuses were based on unverifiable self-reports. In conclusion, the association of affective styles with anxiety and depression among the clinical populations was prospectively confirmed. Further study is needed to examine the association considering the combination or profiles of affective styles among different emotional disorders.

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Factor structure and validity of the Affective Style Questionnaire

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The Affective Style of Politics: Evidence from Surveys and Laboratory Experiments

The Affective Style of Politics: Evidence from Surveys and Laboratory Experiments

Affective styles and their association with anxiety and depression in a Japanese clinical sample

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