THESIS
2006
x, 90 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm
Abstract
Although the marriage between research on emotional reactions and personality has long been expected, studies which systematically analyzing the relationships between emotional reactions and personality among the Chinese are lacking. Two studies were therefore conducted to investigate the relationships between personality and emotional reactions. In Study 1,24 interviews were conducted to explore the emotional reactions relevant to Chinese. In Study 2 (N = 345), the Chinese Emotional Reactions Scales (CERS) was developed. Across 12 target emotions, Emotional Stability was found to be most frequently related to emotional reactions. In particular, it predicted bodily deactivated reactions, physiological reactions, felt temperature, and paralinguistic deactivated reactions. Individuals who...[
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Although the marriage between research on emotional reactions and personality has long been expected, studies which systematically analyzing the relationships between emotional reactions and personality among the Chinese are lacking. Two studies were therefore conducted to investigate the relationships between personality and emotional reactions. In Study 1,24 interviews were conducted to explore the emotional reactions relevant to Chinese. In Study 2 (N = 345), the Chinese Emotional Reactions Scales (CERS) was developed. Across 12 target emotions, Emotional Stability was found to be most frequently related to emotional reactions. In particular, it predicted bodily deactivated reactions, physiological reactions, felt temperature, and paralinguistic deactivated reactions. Individuals who scored high on Openness to Experience tended to use reappraisal rather than suppression to regulate their emotions. To map out the descriptive model of Chinese emotional reactions, ratings for emotional reactions items were collapsed across the 12 emotions. An exploratory factor analysis of the combined scores resulted in five factors, three of which were related to personality variables in complex ways.
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