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

Robert E. Wood*, Nadin Beckmann, Shuang Ren, Bichen Guan

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Article number111788
Pages (from-to)1-6
Number of pages6
JournalPersonality and Individual Differences
Volume197
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2022

Keywords

  • Experience sampling method
  • Negative emotions
  • Neuroticism
  • Performance
  • Personality dynamics
  • Situation contingencies

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