Don't Worry, Be Happy? Neuroticism, Trait -Consistent Mood Regulation, and Performance
Tamir, Maya
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Description
Title
Don't Worry, Be Happy? Neuroticism, Trait -Consistent Mood Regulation, and Performance
Author(s)
Tamir, Maya
Issue Date
2004
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Ed Diener
Department of Study
Psychology
Discipline
Psychology
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Psychology, Social
Language
eng
Abstract
People regulate their mood to feel good or to achieve instrumental success (e.g., Martin, 2000). The present studies show that when driven by performance goals, people can be motivated to experience unpleasant mood states when they are trait-consistent, because of their instrumental benefits (Tamir, Robinson, & Clore, 2002). In 4 studies, neurotic individuals preferred to increase their level of worry, as indicated both by self-reported preferences (Study 1) and by actual behavior in experimental settings (Studies 2--4). As predicted, such preferences were evident only when expecting to perform cognitively demanding tasks but not when expecting a non-demanding task (Study 2). Study 4 provides initial evidence that such anti-hedonic mood regulation may lead to beneficial effects on performance.
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