MOODS AS SOURCES OF STIMULATION - RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PERSONALITY AND DESIRED MOOD STATES
MOODS AS SOURCES OF STIMULATION - RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PERSONALITY AND DESIRED MOOD STATES
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DOI：
10.1016/0191-8869(94)00157-n
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发表时间：
1995-03-01
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
LARSEN, RJ
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作者：
RUSTING, CL;LARSEN, RJ
最佳唤醒和寻求刺激的理论表明，每个人在他们通常喜欢的刺激量上有所不同。在目前的研究中，我们提出，由于不同情绪状态固有的唤醒水平，每个人在他们认为想要的情绪上是不同的。人们渴望的情绪类型是否存在有意义的个体差异？如果是的话，这些差异是否可以从各种人格理论中预测出来？为了检验期望情绪的结构和个性的相关性，受试者对48个语气形容词的列表进行了两次评分(实际体验的频率和体验每一项的合意性)，并完成了一系列与自我评估的情绪相关的个性量表，这是以前研究中已知的。结果表明，平均而言，想要的情绪主要符合愉快的存在和不愉快的影响，这是情绪的享乐主义维度。期望情绪的激活或唤醒维度与人格有很强的相关性。例如，外向与对激活情感的渴望相关，神经质与对低激活情绪的渴望相关。因子分析表明，理想情绪的潜在结构与实际情绪相似，但更简单。
Theories of optimal arousal and stimulation seeking propose that individuals differ in the amount of stimulation they typically prefer. In the current study we propose that individuals differ in the moods they find desirable, due to the level of arousal inherent in different mood states. Are there meaningful individual differences in the types of moods people desire and, if so, are these predictable from various personality theories? To examine the structure and personality correlates of desired moods, subjects rated a list of 48 mood adjectives twice (the actual frequency of experience, and the desirability of experiencing each item), and completed a series of personality scales known from previous research to correlate with self-rated affect. Results indicate that, on average, desired moods conform primarily to the presence of pleasant and the absence of unpleasant affect, the hedonic dimension of mood. The activation or arousal dimension of desired moods showed strong correlations with personality. For example, extraversion correlated with the desire for activated affect, and neuroticism correlated with the desire for low activation emotions. Factor analyses indicate that the underlying structure of desired moods is similar, but simpler, than that of actual moods.