Gender, Neuroticism, and Emotional Expressivity: Effects on Spousal Constraints Among Individuals With Cancer.

Abstract

The authors prospectively tested the hypothesis that emotional expressivity would moderate the predictive relationship between patient neuroticism and spousal constraints among 120 individuals with cancer. The authors also examined whether patient gender further moderated the hypothesized relationships. After we controlled for Time 1 constraints, results revealed a significant emotional Expressivity x Neuroticism effect on Time 2 spousal constraints. This moderator effect was qualified by a significant Gender x Emotional Expressivity x Neuroticism effect, such that neuroticism predicted the greatest levels of spousal constraints among female but not male patients reporting higher levels of emotional expressivity. Thus, female, but not male, patients who report the tendency to both experience and express high levels of distress appear most likely to trigger constraints from their spouses.

Masculinity Ideology and Forgiveness of Racial Discrimination among African American Men: Direct and Interactive Relationships

“…We found the relationship between restrictive emotionality and positive forgiveness was stronger among men with a disposition to respond in socially desirable ways. This finding is consistent with studies documenting positive links between forgiveness and social desirability (Quartana et al, 2005). Given the somewhat lower reliability of this scale, these results should be interpreted with caution.…”

“…Consistent with existing findings (see Ashton et al, 1998;Maltby et al, 2001;Quartana et al, 2005) neuroticism was negatively related to all three indices of forgiveness. If we accept McCullough and Hoyt's (2002) assertion that neuroticism makes individuals more vulnerable to negative emotions, then our findings suggest that this heightened vulnerability may hinder forgiveness in two ways: first, by blocking the capacity to relinquish negative affect, and second by impeding efforts to embrace positive affect.…”

“…Empirical evidence suggests that neuroticism (i.e., the tendency to easily experience unpleasant emotions), is negatively associated with the likelihood to forgive (Ashton, Paunonen, Helmes, & Jackson, 1998;Maltby, Macaskill, & Day, 2001;Quartana, Schmaus, & Zakowaki, 2005). McCullough and Hoyt (2002) explain that neurotic individuals may have a heightened vulnerability to the experience of negative emotions.…”

Understanding How Masculine Gender Scripts May Contribute to Men's Adjustment Following Treatment for Prostate Cancer

“…Similarly, a study by van Middendorp et al (2005) reported that men with rheumatoid arthritis are much less willing than women to address emotions. In other research, Quartana, Schmaus, and Zakowski (2005) reported that men with cancer expressed fewer emotions than did women with cancer.…”

Les effets de l’expression émotionnelle sur l’ajustement au cancer : une revue systématique de la littérature

“…Les bénéfices sur des variables physiques demeurent toutefois non systématiques, notamment pour ce qui concerne la diminution des troubles du sommeil (non retrouvée en 2008 par De Moor et al [13] lors d'une seconde étude avec le même instrument), le mieux-être physique [64] [1,59,72]. Il n'y a que lorsque la valence des émotions exprimées est distinguée (positives vs négatives) que les auteurs repèrent une association entre disposition à exprimer des émotions négatives et diminution de la détresse émotion-nelle associée aux pensées intrusives [58].…”