The relationship between personality and affect over the lifespan |
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Authors: | Kay Wilson Eleonora Gullone |
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Institution: | Department of Psychology, Monash University, Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia |
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Abstract: | This study compared the trait and emotion perspectives of personality development by examining relationships between extraversion, neuroticism, positive and negative affect across the lifespan. A total of 533 volunteers: 228 children and early adolescents (8 to 15 years), 163 late adolescents and young adults (16 to 29 years) and 142 adults (30 to 68 years) completed Eysenck's Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) and the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS). Extraversion correlated significantly with positive affect and neuroticism with negative affect in each age group. As predicted by the emotion perspective, correlations were significantly stronger for adults than children and early adolescents. In addition, extraversion-positive affect and neuroticism-negative affect factors explained less variance for children and early adolescents compared to those of adults. |
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Keywords: | Neuroticism Extraversion Positive affect Negative affect Children Adolescents Adults |
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