Action, emotion, and personality: Emerging conceptual integration

被引:449
作者
Carver, CS [1 ]
Sutton, SK
Scheier, MF
机构
[1] Univ Miami, Dept Psychol, Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA
[2] Carnegie Mellon Univ, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
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D O I
10.1177/0146167200268008
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Several literatures converge on the idea that approach an positive affect related to goal pursuit are managed by one self-regulatory system and that avoidance (or withdrawal) and negative affect related to threats are managed by a second self-regulatory system. After briefly reviewing these literatures, the authors consider the relation of these themes to the broader domain of personality. In particular they map individual differences in the responsivity of the approach system onto the personality dimension of extraversion and map individual differences in the responsivity of the withdrawal system onto the dimension of neuroticism. This mapping requires a slight refocusing of current conceptions of extraversion and neuroticism. However, such a refocusing brings a gain as well as a cost: In particular, it would embed these dimensions more explicitly in a process-oriented conceptualization of action control.
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页数:11
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