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Personality, Emotional Characteristics, and Subjective Well-being of Individuals Who are Overwhelmed with their Emotions

Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology / Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, (P)1229-0653;
2006, v.20 no.3, pp.45-66


Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to explore personality, emotional characteristics, and subjective well-being of individuals who are overwhelmed with their emotions. In the first study, four groups were divided according to the distribution of average scores in emotional clarity and emotional intensity. Each group was named “hot,” “overwhelmed,” “cerebral,” and “cool.” Various personality and emotional characteristics of “overwhelmed” people who had high emotional intensity and low emotional clarity were compared to those of “hot” people who had high emotional intensity and high emotional clarity. The results showed that the “overwhelmed” people were neurotic, ambivalent about emotional expressions, and had difficulty in regulating their emotions actively. They were also low in both self-esteem and psychological well-being compared to the “hot” people. In the second study utilizing emotional diaries it was found that the “overwhelmed” people simultaneously experienced diverse negative emotions without focusing on the single negative emotion appropriate to the emotion inducing stimulus. In the third study utilizing emotion induction scenarios the “overwhelmed” people regulated their emotions through the avoidance strategy when they were sad or fearful, while they actively regulated the emotions when they were angry. The efficacy belief was highest when the “overwhelmed” people regulated their emotions through the social support strategy regardless of the kind of the negative emotions. Also, the degree of the inconsistency between the emotion regulation strategy used and the strategy that they thought would be effective in the real situation was greater for the “overwhelmed” people compared to the “hot” people.

keywords
individual difference in emotional experience, emotional clarity, attention to emotion, emotional intensity, emotion regulation, emotion expression, subjective well-being, 정서 경험의 개인차, 정서 명료성, 정서 강도, 정서 조절, 정서 표현, 주관적 안녕감

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The purpose of the present study was to explore personality, emotional characteristics,

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In the first study, four groups were divided according to the distribution of average scores in emotional clarity and emotional intensity people who had high emotional intensity and low emotional clarity were compared to those of The results showed that the ambivalent about emotional expressions and had difficulty in regulating their emotions actively,

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In the second study utilizing emotional diaries it was found that the people simultaneously experienced diverse negative emotions without focusing on the single negative emotion appropriate to the emotion inducing stimulus,

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In the third study utilizing emotion induction scenarios the, people regulated their emotions through the avoidance strategy when they were sad or fearful while they actively regulated the emotions when they were angry The efficacy belief was highest when the people regulated their emotions through the social support strategy regardless of the kind of the negative emotions the degree of the inconsistency between the emotion regulation strategy used and the strategy that they thought would be effective in the real situation was greater for the,

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