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Does emotionality predict stress? Findings from the normative aging study.

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Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
|April 1, 1989
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Personality traits like emotionality influence how individuals report stress, both objective life events and subjective hassles. High emotionality predicts higher stress reporting and slightly more symptoms under stress.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Gerontology
  • Health Sciences

Background:

  • Personality traits, specifically emotionality, may influence stress perception and reporting.
  • Understanding the interplay between personality, stress, and mental health is crucial for older adults.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if emotionality predicts later reporting of objective (life events) and subjective (hassles) stress.
  • To examine how emotionality moderates the relationship between stress and mental health in older men.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal study analyzing data from 1,159 older men in the Normative Aging Study.
  • Path analysis was used to assess the predictive relationships between emotionality, stress, and psychological symptoms.

Main Results:

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  • Higher emotionality predicted increased reporting of both life events and hassles.
  • Emotionality showed a slight association with higher symptom levels under stress.
  • Both objective and subjective stress measures independently predicted psychological symptoms, even after controlling for emotionality.

Conclusions:

  • Stress reporting is confounded with personality traits like emotionality.
  • While emotionality influences stress reporting, both objective and subjective stress remain significant predictors of mental health outcomes.
  • Findings have implications for stress assessment methodologies, suggesting consideration of personality factors.