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Response speed as an individual difference: Its role in moderating the agreeableness-anger relationship |
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| Authors: | Konrad Bresin Clayton J HilmertBenjamin M Wilkowski Michael D Robinson |
| Institution: | a Psychology Department, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 603 East Daniel Street, Champaign, IL 61920, United States b Psychology Department, North Dakota State University, PO Box 6050, Fargo, ND 58108-6050, United States c Psychology Department, University of Wyoming, 3415, 1000 East University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071, United States |
| Abstract: | Anger is an emotion that is precipitated by hostile attitudes and high arousal. The trait of agreeableness is a moderately inverse predictor of hostile attitudes and anger. Relations between agreeableness and anger are likely to be stronger to the extent that the person can be characterized as high in dispositional arousal. Arousal-related manipulations speed responses in cognitive tasks. Thus, individual differences in response speed may be informative concerning general tendencies toward aroused states. In three studies (N = 319) individual differences in response speed in basic choice tasks interacted with agreeableness to predict state-related experiences of anger. Specifically, the highest levels of anger were observed among fast/disagreeable individuals. The utility of this probe in future studies is discussed. |
| Keywords: | Agreeableness Response speed Anger Arousal Reaction time |
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