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Look on the bright side: do the benefits of optimism depend on the social nature of the stressor?

Auteurs: Alexandra L. Terrill, John M. Ruiz, John P. Garofalo

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Behavioral Medicine | Uitgave 5/2010

Abstract

Growing evidence suggests that a number of personality traits associated with physical disease risk tend to be social in nature and selectively responsive to social as opposed to non-social stimuli. The current aim was to examine dispositional optimism within this framework. In Study 1, optimism was projected into the Interpersonal Circumplex and Five Factor Model revealing significant interpersonal representation characterized by high control and affiliation. Study 2 demonstrated that higher dispositional optimism attenuated cardiovascular responses to a social (speech) but not non-social stressor (cold pressor) task. Optimism-related attenuation of reactivity to the social vs. non-social stressor contributes further evidence to an emerging picture of psychosocial risk as largely reflecting person × social environment interactions.

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Because individual differences in emotional styles can influence acute perceptions and responses, we repeated the multiple regression analyses for cold pressure and disclosure tasks controlling for positive (trait positive affect from PANAS) and negative affect (CESD scores, trait negative affect from the PANAS). Inclusion of these basic emotions did not alter outcomes.

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Titel: Look on the bright side: do the benefits of optimism depend on the social nature of the stressor?
Auteurs: Alexandra L. Terrill
John M. Ruiz
John P. Garofalo
Publicatiedatum: 01-10-2010
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Behavioral Medicine / Uitgave 5/2010
Print ISSN: 0160-7715
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3521
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-010-9268-6

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