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Relations Among Emotional Mood State Personality Dimensions and Social Desirability in Older Adults

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dc.contributor.author Kaynak, Hande
dc.date.accessioned 2019-12-25T11:39:15Z
dc.date.available 2019-12-25T11:39:15Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.identifier.citation Kaynak, Hande, ""Relations Among Emotional Mood State Personality Dimensions and Social Desirability in Older Adults", Turkish Journal Of Geriatrics-Turk Geriatri Dergisi, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 596-606, (2018). tr_TR
dc.identifier.issn 1304-2947
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12416/2261
dc.description.abstract Introduction: Previous studies have shown that older adults report higher levels of positive affect (PA). Studies in the context of the five-factor model of personality have also noted the age-related changes in personality. However, the possible influence of personality on emotional state needs further investigation in older adulthood. This study examines relations among personality traits, social desirability, and positive/negative affectivity in conjunction with aging. Materials and Method: A total of 123 volunteers (62 young and 61 older adults) was participated in the study. A cross-design was used with consecutive sampling. All participants had higher education. Participants completed the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule as a measure of emotional state. Thereafter, they rated the degree to which each item described themselves on the Five-Factor Personality Inventory, which measures personality dimensions and social desirability. Results: Independent t-tests were conducted to compare young and older adults in terms of affectivity and personality. Findings revealed that older adults reported less negative affect (NA) compared with young adults. Older adults scored higher on agreeableness, conscientiousness, and social desirability, whereas young adults scored higher on extraversion and neuroticism. Based on correlational results, neuroticism was negatively correlated with extraversion, social desirability, and PA in older adults. Analyses of variance showed that conscientiousness, neuroticism, and social desirability impacted positive/negative affectivity. Conclusion: The results indicated that neuroticism proved to be the most important factor on emotional well-being. Older adults low on neuroticism experienced less NA. Furthermore, conscientiousness and social desirability had strong effects on PA indicating that the age-related differences found in affectivity might not only be attributable to age-related changes in personality, but also partly attributable to age-related increases in social desirability. tr_TR
dc.language.iso eng tr_TR
dc.publisher Güneş Kitabevi LTD. STI. tr_TR
dc.relation.isversionof 10.31086/tjgeri.2018.67 tr_TR
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess tr_TR
dc.subject Aging tr_TR
dc.subject Personality tr_TR
dc.subject Affect tr_TR
dc.subject Emotions tr_TR
dc.subject Social Desirability tr_TR
dc.title Relations Among Emotional Mood State Personality Dimensions and Social Desirability in Older Adults tr_TR
dc.type article tr_TR
dc.relation.journal Turkish Journal Of Geriatrics-Turk Geriatri Dergisi tr_TR
dc.contributor.authorID 101097 tr_TR
dc.identifier.volume 21 tr_TR
dc.identifier.issue 4 tr_TR
dc.identifier.startpage 596 tr_TR
dc.identifier.endpage 606 tr_TR
dc.contributor.department Çankaya Üniversitesi, Fen - Edebiyat Fakültesi, Psikoloji Bölümü tr_TR


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