Negative affectivity: The disposition to experience aversive emotional states.

Abstract

Refraining from intrusive thoughts is strategy dependent: A comment on Sugiura, et al. and a preliminary informal test of detached mindfulness, acceptance, and other strategies.

Neighbourhood socioeconomic indicators and depressive symptoms in the Czech Republic: a population based study

“…The scale may also detect some personality characteristics, for example high negative affectivity 47 . The CESD measure is therefore not specific to major depression.…”

Development of a core confidence-higher order construct.

“…Rather, the key question in research on higher order constructs has been, What does it buy us in terms of building new knowledge to study individual variables that may reasonably be considered as measures of the same higher order construct? The answer has been that measures that appear similar should be evaluated, and when there is a conceptual or empirical reason to suggest the existence of a higher order construct, such a commonality should be given attention (Block, 1995;Cronbach, 1956;Dawis, 1992;Judge, Locke, & Durham, 1997; E. L. Kelley, 1927;Watson & Clark). I believe that the conceptual evidence points out that hope, self-efficacy, optimism, and resiliency may share a common confidence core.…”

Personality factors and psychopathy, alexithymia and stress

“…For example, individuals high in Neuroticism experience more stressful events, whereas those high in Extraversion experience both more stressful and more pleasurable events (Bolger and Schilling, 1991;Fergusson and Horwood, 1987;Magnus et al, 1993;Suls et al, 1998). Moreover, Neuroticism predisposes people to experience negative emotions and distress, regardless of level of stress (Bolger and Schilling, 1991;Watson and Clark, 1984. ), whereas Extraversion predisposes them to experience positive affect (Watson et al, 1988).…”