Genetic and environmental sources of consistency and variability in positive and negative mood

Riemann, Rainer; Angleitner, Alois; Borkenau, Peter; Eid, Michael

doi:10.1002/(sici)1099-0984(1998090)12:5<345::aid-per332>3.0.co;2-y

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“…Consistent with this hypothesis, a study of 105 twin pairs (18–72 years old) found moderate genetic influences on negative affect (.34) but not on positive affect (.00) when differences in affect were assessed as traits at one time point (Baker, Cesa, Gatz, & Mellins, 1992). Another study, with 300 pairs of 18- to 70-year-old twins, found similar results for genetic influences on negative and positive affect assessed as traits at one time point (.24 vs. .18; Riemann, Angleitner, Borkenau, & Eid, 1998). Also, in a study of 260 pairs of 18- to 46-year-old female twins, genetic influences on the average of positive affect assessed over 5 consecutive days were nonsignificant (.19; Menne-Lothmann et al, 2012).…”

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Heritability of Intraindividual Mean and Variability of Positive and Negative Affect

2016

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Positive affect (e.g., attentiveness) and negative affect (e.g., upset) fluctuate over time. We examined genetic influences on interindividual differences in the day-to-day variability of affect (i.e., ups and downs) and in average affect over the duration of a month. Once a day, 17-year-old twins in the United Kingdom (N = 447) rated their positive and negative affect online. The mean and standard deviation of each individual’s daily ratings across the month were used as the measures of that individual’s average affect and variability of affect. Analyses revealed that the average of negative affect was significantly heritable (.53), but the average of positive affect was not; instead, the latter showed significant shared environmental influences (.42). Fluctuations across the month were significantly heritable for both negative affect (.54) and positive affect (.34). The findings support the two-factor theory of affect, which posits that positive affect is more situational and negative affect is more dispositional.

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Heritability of Intraindividual Mean and Variability of Positive and Negative Affect

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“…Surprisingly, self-ratings of conscientiousness by individuals living in societies with poor economic development (for example, several countries in Africa) were higher than the self-ratings for conscientiousness among individuals living in the economically most developed societies (e.g., Japan; Allik & McRae, 2004). The heritability values for the Big Five dimensions generally hover around 0.5 across samples (Lensvelt-Mulders & Hettema, 2001;Riemann, Angleitner, Borkenau, & Eid, 1998). However, when individuals are filmed in a variety of situations and when judges rate each person's film records for traits related to the Big Five, the resulting heritability values are much lower (0.12) and most of the variance is unshared (Borkenau, Riemann, Rainer, Spinath, & Angleitner, in press).…”

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A Trio of Concerns

Kagan

2007

Perspect Psychol Sci

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This essay assesses the two most significant changes in psychology over the past century: the attempt to localize psychological phenomena in restricted brain sites and the search for genetic contributions to behavior and psychopathology. Although there are advantages to these new developments, they are accompanied by some questionable assumptions. Because the investigators in these domains often relate variation in their biological measures to variation in personality traits evaluated with questionnaires, an analysis of the unique properties of the verbalreport questionnaires is presented. It is suggested that future research on human personality should try to combine semantic reports with behaviors and biological data in order to arrive at more fruitful constructs.

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“…First, certain traits might be modifiable risk factors for poor PCC during medical training. Evidence on the partial genetic basis (17) and moderate stability (18) of personality have led to the misperception that personality is totally immutable, challenged by recent meta-analyses indicating that change is possible over the adult life course and particularly so prior to age 30, when early medical training is completed (19, 20). Indeed, medical training itself may influence dispositional outlook and behavior--empathy may decline (21) and cynicism increase (22), suggesting potential unintended consequences on communication style.…”

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