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A signal-detection approach to individual differences in negative feeling.
Anat Karmon-Presser1, Nachshon Meiran1
1Department of Psychology and Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Heliyon
|April 19, 2019
Summary
A new signal-detection-theory model reveals how feelings are generated. Low report-criterion (c) links to Neuroticism, while low evidence-differentiation (d) relates to fewer emotion regulation strategies.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Affective Science
- Personality Psychology
Background:
- Feeling generation is crucial for personality traits and affective style.
- Understanding the psychological mechanisms of emotional experience is an ongoing research area.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce a novel signal-detection-theory based model for quantifying feeling generation.
- To investigate the relationship between model parameters and personality traits/affective style.
Main Methods:
- Developed a signal-detection-theory model with two key parameters: report-criterion (c) and evidence-differentiation (d).
- Analyzed the association of these parameters with established measures of personality (e.g., Neuroticism) and affective style.
Main Results:
- A low report-criterion (c) was significantly associated with higher Neuroticism.
- A low evidence-differentiation (d) was linked to a reduced ability to access emotion regulation strategies.
- Neither parameter showed a significant relationship with affective style or other personality traits.
Conclusions:
- The findings suggest distinct psychological underpinnings for different aspects of emotional experience.
- Report-criterion may reflect trait-level emotional sensitivity, while evidence-differentiation relates to regulatory capacity.
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