The regulative theory of temperament: current status

Strelau, Jan

doi:10.1016/0191-8869(95)00159-x

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“…The reason why these traits are important is that we are born with our temperaments and therefore, their underlying biological mechanisms help to regulate individual levels of arousal. The structure of temperament is assumed to consist of 6 temperamental traits [16]: -Briskness (BR) -defined as a tendency to react quickly, to maintain a high tempo in performing activities and to shift easily from one behavior (reaction) to another in response to changes in the surroundings. -Perseveration (PE) -a tendency to continue and repeat behavior and to experience emotional states after cessation of the stimuli (situations) that evoke this behavior or these states.…”

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Temperamental correlates of trauma symptoms in firemen, policemen and soldiers

Oniszczenko¹

2014

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

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Objectives:The main goal of the research was to assess temperamental determinants of trauma symptoms in firemen, policemen and soldiers. The temperament traits which were considered were those postulated by the Regulative Theory of Temperament (briskness, perseveration, sensory sensitivity, emotional reactivity, endurance and activity). Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was run on non-clinical samples. The participants were 417 men, White-Caucasian only: 284 firemen (aged 21-55), 58 policemen (aged 22-45), and 75 soldiers (aged 21-42). Temperament was assessed using the Formal Characteristics of Behavior -Temperament Inventory. Intensity of trauma symptoms was assessed with the PTSD-Factorial Version Inventory, a quantitative measure of trauma-related symptoms. The respondents were examined in their place of work. The study included only men reporting at least 1 traumatic event during the year before the trauma diagnosis. Results: Emotional reactivity had a significant positive effect on the intensity of trauma symptoms only in the group of firemen. Emotional reactivity accounted for 16% of the variance of trauma intensity symptoms in this occupational group. Negative significant effect on trauma symptoms was found for briskness only in the soldiers group (briskness explained 20% trauma intensity variance in this group). Conclusions: Emotional reactivity was conducive to the increased trauma symptoms intensity in firemen, whereas briskness tended to reduce symptoms intensity only in the group of soldiers.

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Temperamental correlates of trauma symptoms in firemen, policemen and soldiers

Oniszczenko¹

2014

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

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“…These studies have shown that the context-dependent effect of mood is strengthened by the coherence between action orientation and low emotional reactivity, whereas it is weakened by incoherence between state orientation and low emotional reactivity. As has been emphasized (Costa & McCrae, 1992a, the factors representing the Big Five have the status of temperamental traits, and neuroticism according to this model is close to the actual characteristic of emotional reactivity by the regulative theory of temperament (Strelau, 1996). As the research by Zawadzki, et al (1998;Strelau, 2008) has shown, both high emotional reactivity (the regulative theory of temperament) and neuroticism (Big Five) fall into a single factor known as emotionality, at the basis of which lies a chronic high level of activation associated with low need for stimulation.…”

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“…The term of "internal coherence/ incoherence" is legitimate within the framework of Strelau's (1996Strelau's ( , 2008 regulative theory of temperament, according to which ineffective regulation of stimulation is partly caused by a mismatch between biologically determined temperamental possibilities and personality mechanisms, as well as developed needs, and within the transactional model of temperament (where temperament and personality are viewed as transactionally related components of a general stimulation regulation system; Eliasz, 1985Eliasz, , 1990Eliasz & Klonowicz, 2001). The studies by Marszał-Wiśniewska and Zajusz (2010), found that that the context-dependent effect of mood is modified only by mutual relations of action vs. state orientation with emotional reactivity of temperament.…”

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“…According to the regulative theory of temperament (Strelau, 1996(Strelau, , 2008, temperament traits show inter-individual differences in all forms of behavior and reactions. The theory distinguishes six temperament traits: four in the energetic domain (endurance, emotional reactivity, activity and sensory sensitivity) and two in the temporal domain (briskness and perseveration); the traits that make up the energetic characteristics of behavior are assigned basic regulatory significance.…”

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Context-dependent effect of mood: the regulatory role of personality

Zajusz-Gawędzka¹,

Marszał-Wiśniewska²

2015

Polish Psychological Bulletin

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This study explored the influence of the context-dependent effect of mood as well as individual differences in neuroticism and action vs. state/volatility orientation on predecisional processing in a multiattribute choice task. One hundred and twenty participants acquired information about choice options after filling out personality questionnaires. Results showed that participants in a positive mood processed the information longer in enjoy than in done-enough context. In turn, participants in a negative mood processed the information more selectively in enjoy than in done-enough context. It also appeared that this effect is reinforced for participants with low neuroticism and volatility orientation, while it is weakened for those with low neuroticism and action orientation. Results were interpreted in accordance with the differential-processual approach.

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“…According to Strelau's Regulative Theory of Temperament (RTT), emotional reactivity (ER) is defined as a tendency to react intensively to emotiongenerating stimuli and is expressed in high emotional sensitivity and in low emotional endurance (Strelau, 1996). It is postulated that traits isolated within the RTT are of biological origin.…”

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Association Between Dopamine D4 Receptor Exon III Polymorphism and Emotional Reactivity as a Temperamental Trait

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Dragan

2005

twin res hum genet

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T he association between high and low levels of emotional reactivity (ER) as a temperamental trait and the dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) exon III polymorphism in healthy men aged 18 to 27 (M = 21.03, SD = 2.23) was examined. ER, measured by the Formal Characteristics of Behavior-Temperament Inventory (FCB-TI), is defined as a tendency to react intensively to emotion-generating stimuli and is expressed in high emotional sensitivity and in low emotional endurance. Data analysis demonstrated a statistically significant difference in the distribution of genotypic frequencies between the low and high ER groups: χ 2 = 4.88; df = 1; p = .027, odds ratio (OR) =2.85, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.11-7.32. An insignificant difference in allele frequencies between the two groups was noted: χ 2 = 7.47; df = 3; p = .058; OR = 2.9, 95% CI = 1.29-6.53. These findings suggest a role of the DRD4 exon III polymorphism in the modulation of ER as a temperamental trait. Due to the preliminary nature of our findings, replication is necessary.

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The regulative theory of temperament: current status

Cited by 94 publications

References 12 publications

Temperamental correlates of trauma symptoms in firemen, policemen and soldiers

Temperamental correlates of trauma symptoms in firemen, policemen and soldiers

Context-dependent effect of mood: the regulatory role of personality

Association Between Dopamine D4 Receptor Exon III Polymorphism and Emotional Reactivity as a Temperamental Trait

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