Situation contingent negative emotions and performance: The moderating role of trait neuroticism

Wood, R.E.; Beckmann, N.; Ren, S.; Guan, B.

Abstract

Negative emotions are related to poor performance in between-person analyses but facilitate performance in within-person analyses, under certain conditions. We examine the effect of situation contingent negative emotions (SCE) on performance, and trait neuroticism as a moderator of that relationship. SCE modelled negative emotions as responses to perceived task challenges using experience sampling data collected over three weeks (2453 responses). Performance was exam scores (n = 83) in an automotive engineering course. SCE predicted performance and this effect was moderated by trait neuroticism. SCE improved performance for students with lower neuroticism.

Citation

Wood, R., Beckmann, N., Ren, S., & Guan, B. (2022). Situation contingent negative emotions and performance: The moderating role of trait neuroticism. Personality and Individual Differences, 197, Article 111788. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111788

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 15, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Jul 2, 2022
• Publication Date: 2022-10
• Deposit Date: Jul 4, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 3, 2024
• Journal: Personality and Individual Differences
• Print ISSN: 0191-8869
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 197
• Article Number: 111788
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111788
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1199438