Pleasant Affect and Sociability: Towards a Comprehensive Model of Extraverted Feelings and Behaviors
Lucas, Richard Eric
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Description
Title
Pleasant Affect and Sociability: Towards a Comprehensive Model of Extraverted Feelings and Behaviors
Author(s)
Lucas, Richard Eric
Issue Date
2000
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
The extraversion/pleasant affect relation is one of the strongest and most consistent relations in the study of personality and subjective well-being. The strength of this relation has led some to suggest that pleasant affect forms the core of the extraversion dimension. Individual differences in this combined pleasant affect/extraversion trait are linked to an underlying reward-sensitivity system that controls pleasant emotional responses and approach behavior. In the current paper, I trace the history of the extraversion dimension and show how reward-sensitivity theories have developed and how they relate to other theories of the trait. Next, I review recent research that has questioned the validity of the global reports from which most theories of extraversion have been developed. Finally, I test the convergence of global and on-line reports of extraversion, focusing on predictions from the reward-sensitivity model. Results show that although different techniques of assessing extraversion sometimes do not converge, reward-sensitivity theories can successfully account for the pattern of relations among on-line reports of extraverted feelings and behaviors.
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