Agreeableness and the self-regulation of negative affect: Findings involving the neuroticism/somatic distress relationship |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Research Imaging Centre, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, ON, Canada;2. Violence Prevention Neurobiological Research Unit, Forensic Psychiatry, CAMH, Toronto, ON, Canada;3. Child Development Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada;4. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;5. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;6. Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Criminology and Sociological Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;7. Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, Penetanguishene, ON, Canada;1. Research Center of Psychology and Social Development, Southwest University, China;2. Sleep and NeuroImaging Center, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, China;3. Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Southwest University, Ministry of Education, China |
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| Abstract: | In the temperament literature, agreeableness has been theoretically linked to effortful control. Further, research in this area has suggested that effortful control may play a broad role in moderating temperament-based tendencies toward negative affect. The present three studies, involving a total of 300 undergraduate participants, sought to extend this perspective to the adult literature by examining potential interactions between agreeableness and neuroticism in predicting reported somatic symptoms. Although such symptoms have been linked to neuroticism, they are not characteristic of the interpersonal concerns linked to agreeableness. Nevertheless, all studies found that agreeableness and neuroticism interacted to predict somatic symptoms such that high levels of agreeableness decoupled the relationship between neuroticism and somatic distress. These findings indicate a broad role for agreeableness in the self-regulation of neuroticism-linked distress. |
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