From this perspective, the finding of decreased HRV during emotional regulation in subjects with
high neuroticism reported by Di Simplicio et al. 38) supports our results.
Not exact matches
Those who scored lower on
neuroticism and
higher on extraversion, conscientiousness, and openness had a slower decline in walking speed compared to their counterparts,»
reports Medical Daily.
For example, individuals who score
high in
neuroticism on a self -
reported personality assessments are more likely to use words like sadness, loneliness, fear and pain.
Individuals who were younger, who scored
higher on
neuroticism, who were women, who were unmarried, and who
reported more frequent contact
reported greater negative relationship quality.
On the other hand, scoring
higher in
neuroticism, having lower self - rated health, and
reporting more frequent contact are associated with greater negative quality relations (Akiyama, Antonucci, Takahashi, & Langfahl, 2003; Birditt, Rott et al., 2009; Fingerman et al., 2006).
In one study, researchers found that people who
reported a preference for texting over voice calling tended to score
higher on a measure of extroversion (meaning, they were more outgoing and sociable), and a measure of
neuroticism (meaning, they were more emotionally unstable).3 Another study showed that those who preferred texting over voice calls scored lower on a measure of loneliness, whereas very lonely people preferred texting more as a «last resort» option.4
The stress - diathesis model then predicts that (1) levels of
neuroticism will be
highest in phobic twins whose onset was associated with the lowest levels of trauma and (2) among phobic twins who
report onset associated with trauma to self, an inverse relationship will be seen between level of trauma and level of
neuroticism.
For example, although overall older adults
report a decrease in their experience of negative affect, this decrease does not occur in those individuals who
report high levels of
neuroticism (Charles, Reynolds, & Gatz, 2001).
Compared to problem gamblers without depression (n = 71), problem gamblers with comorbid depression (n = 34)
reported more severe gambling problems, greater history of childhood abuse and neglect, poorer family functioning,
higher levels of
neuroticism, and lower levels of extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness.
Perhaps not surprisingly, therefore,
neuroticism has been related to
higher self -
reports of distress in many other contexts, as well as to lower perceived health and life satisfaction (Otonari et al., 2012).