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Personality and Coping: Individual Differences in Responses to Emotion
Suzanne C Segerstrom1, Gregory T Smith1
1Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, USA; email: segerstrom@uky.edu , gsmith@email.uky.edu.
Annual Review of Psychology
|September 29, 2018
Summary
Personality traits emerge from how individuals manage their emotions. This review explores the neurobiology of emotional response dispositions, linking them to personality and considering their adaptive nature.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Neuroscience
- Behavioral Science
Background:
- Personality and emotion are linked through coping mechanisms.
- Personality can also be conceptualized as arising from emotional experiences.
- Specific dispositions (control, approach, escape, avoid) influence traits like urgency and expressiveness.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review the neurobiological basis of emotional response dispositions.
- To examine the nature and adaptiveness of traits linked to these dispositions.
- To identify future research directions in personality and emotion.
Main Methods:
- Literature review synthesizing existing research.
- Analysis of neurobiological underpinnings of emotional dispositions.
- Examination of trait characteristics (stability, adaptiveness).
Main Results:
- Dispositions to manage emotional experiences underpin diverse personality traits.
- Neurobiological factors influence these emotional response patterns.
- Traits associated with emotional dispositions vary in stability and adaptiveness.
Conclusions:
- Understanding emotional response dispositions is key to understanding personality.
- Future research should focus on development, variability, and emotional intensity.
- This framework offers insights into the interplay between emotion regulation and personality traits.
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