Prediction of mood and risk appraisals from trait measures : two studies of simulated driving.

Author(s)
Dorn, L. & Matthews, G.
Year
Abstract

Two contrasting hypotheses concerning the relationship between personality and mood are distinguished. First, broad traits may relate to emotional temperament, and so predict mood across situations. Second, the interactionist approach to personality implies that narrow, context specific traits may sometimes be the most powerful predictors of mood within situations. This article reports correlations between mood and broad and narrow trait measures, the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI; Eysenck and Eysenck, 1964) and the Driver Behaviour Inventory (DBI; Gulian, Matthews, Glendon, Davies and Debney, 1989), within in the context of vehicle driving. It is concluded that narrow traits are more predictive than broad traits within the driving context. Data are consistent with the transactional model of driver stress, which proposes that dislike of driving is derived from negative secondary appraisals.

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951009 ST [electronic version only]
Source

European Journal of Personality, Vol. 9 (1995), No. 1 (March), p. 25-42, 47 ref.

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