The manifestation of traits in everyday behavior and affect: A five-culture study

College

Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education

Department/Unit

Counseling and Educational Psychology

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Journal of Research in Personality

Volume

48

Issue

1

First Page

1

Last Page

16

Publication Date

2-1-2014

Abstract

Consistent with trait theory and the density distributions approach (Fleeson, 2001), the Big Five traits predicted personality and affect states across 20. days in five cultures. Perceived autonomy in everyday situations did not moderate the strength of the trait-state relationships, but individuals manifested the positive pole of the Big Five traits more in situations in which they perceived greater autonomy. Consistent with the dynamic mediation model (Wilt, Noftle, Fleeson, & Spain, 2012), the relationships between trait extraversion, agreeableness, and openness to experience and positive affect states were generally fully mediated by the associated personality states. Cultural differences in the strength of the trait-state relationships were limited and were not accounted for by cultural differences in individualism-collectivism, dialecticism, or tightness. © 2013 Elsevier Inc.

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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1016/j.jrp.2013.10.002

Disciplines

Psychology

Keywords

Personality—Cross-cultural studies

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