Objective and BackgroundThe personality trait of agreeableness is linked to a number of core tendencies (e.g., empathy, warmth) that operate in a feeling‐based manner. Following considerations of this type, it is proposed that the motivations and characteristics of agreeable individuals, relative to disagreeable individuals, should render them more receptive to emotional events and more responsive to them for this reason.MethodPotential links between agreeableness and emotional reactivity were assessed in two studies involving four samples (total N = 517) in which participants continuously rated their feeling states in response to a variety of affective images.ResultsAgreeableness did not predict the speed with which emotional reactions began, but agreeable individuals exhibited higher‐magnitude peak intensities, regardless of whether stimuli were appetitive (pleasant) or aversive (unpleasant) in nature.ConclusionsThe findings provide novel insights into the personality trait of agreeableness, emotional reactivity phenomena, and the dynamic processes that link agreeableness to emotion.

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情感作为关怀的货币：宜人性在情绪反应中的作用


目的和背景宜人的人格特质与许多以感觉为基础的核心倾向（例如同理心、温暖）相关。根据这种类型的考虑，有人提出，相对于不愉快的个体，宜人的个体的动机和特征应该使他们更容易接受情绪事件，并且因此对情绪事件做出更多的反应。两项研究涉及四个样本（总计氮= 517），其中参与者不断评估自己对各种情感图像的感觉状态。结果宜人性并不能预测情绪反应开始的速度，但宜人的个体表现出更高幅度的峰值强度，无论刺激是否有食欲（令人愉快） ）或本质上厌恶（不愉快）。结论这些发现为宜人性的人格特征、情绪反应现象以及将宜人性与情绪联系起来的动态过程提供了新颖的见解。