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The role of co-occurring emotions and personality traits in anger expression

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Mill, Aire, Kööts-Ausmees, Liisi, Allik, Jüri and Realo, Anu (2018) The role of co-occurring emotions and personality traits in anger expression. Frontiers in Psychology, 9 . 123. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00123

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Abstract

The main aim of the current study was to examine the role of co-occurring emotions and their interactive effects with the Big Five personality traits in anger expression. Everyday anger expression ("anger-in" and "anger-out" behavior) was studied with the experience-sampling method in a group of 110 participants for 14 consecutive days on 7 random occasions per day. Our results showed that the simultaneously co-occurring emotions that buffer against anger expression are sadness, surprise, disgust, disappointment, and irritation for anger-in behavior, and fear, sadness and disappointment for anger-out reactions. While previous studies have shown that differentiating one's current affect into discrete emotion categories buffers against anger expression (Pond et al., 2012), our study further demonstrated the existence of specific interactive effects between the experience of momentary emotions and personality traits that lead to higher levels of either suppression or expression of anger behavior (or both). For example, the interaction between the trait Openness and co-occurring surprise, in predicting anger-in behavior, indicates that less open people hold their anger back more, and more open people use less anger-in behavior. Co-occurring disgust increases anger-out reactions in people low in Conscientiousness, but decreases anger-out reactions in people high in Conscientiousness. People high in Neuroticism are less likely to engage in anger-in behavior when experiencing disgust, surprise, or irritation alongside anger, but show more anger out in the case of co-occurring contempt. The results of the current study help to further clarify the interactions between the basic personality traits and the experience of momentary co-occurring emotions in determining anger behavior.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Anger, Personality and emotions, Big Five model
Journal or Publication Title: Frontiers in Psychology
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
ISSN: 1664-1078
Official Date: 9 February 2018
Dates:
DateEvent
9 February 2018Published
24 January 2018Accepted
3 July 2017Submitted
Volume: 9
Number of Pages: 13
Article Number: 123
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00123
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
5384Eesti Teadusfondihttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001837
UNSPECIFIEDEstonia. Haridus- ja Teadusministeeriumhttps://viaf.org/viaf/293483682

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