Feelings as a currency of care

A role for agreeableness in emotional reactivity

Bibliographic Data

ID7160331
AuthorsMichael D Robinson (0000-0003-1429-9069, Department of Psychology North Dakota State University Fargo North Dakota USA, corresponding author), Roberta L Irvin (0000-0001-8771-4492, Department of Psychology North Dakota State University Fargo North Dakota USA), Hamidreza Fereidouni (0000-0002-2032-7575, Department of Psychology North Dakota State University Fargo North Dakota USA), Robert J Klein (0000-0003-3539-5391, Well Living Lab Rochester Minnesota USA)
Year2025
Volume93
Issue3
Pages553-566
Publication date2025-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3506 • E-ISSN: 1467-6494
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jopy.12951
PMID38780315
OpenAlexW4398237514
LanguageEN
References cited65

OBJECTIVE AND BACKGROUND: The 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. METHOD: Potential 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. RESULTS: Agreeableness 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. CONCLUSIONS: The findings provide novel insights into the personality trait of agreeableness, emotional reactivity phenomena, and the dynamic processes that link agreeableness to emotion

Agreeableness · Big Five personality traits · Developmental psychology · Empathy · Extraversion and introversion · Feeling · Personality · Reactivity (psychology) · Trait · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology

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