Relationship between Neuroticism and Circadian Rhythms

Mura, Elaine L.; Levy, David A.

doi:10.2466/pr0.1986.58.1.298

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“…Interestingly, the extraversion factor of the Big Five model of personality does not include impulsivity, and is not associated with circadian preference (De Young et al, 2007;Gray & Watson, 2002;Hogben et al, 2007;Jackson & Gerard, 1996;Randler, 2008;Tonetti et al, 2010). The neuroticism trait of personality has been overrepresented among the evening circadian type (De Young et al, 2007;Mecacci & Rocchetti, 1998;Mura & Levy, 1986;Neubauer, 1992;Randler, 2008;Tonetti et al, 2010). In the AFECTS, the tendency to experience negative emotional states and to respond more poorly to environmental stress are represented by the Internalizaton and Instability indexes, which were also higher in the evening than morning and neither chronotypes.…”

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“…Eveningness has also been related to high impulsivity (Adan et al, 2010b;Caci et al, 2005;Rybak et al, 2007;Selvi et al, 2011), high sensation-seeking behavior (Muro et al, 2011;Tonetti et al, 2010), low self-control and procrastination (Digdon & Howell, 2008), and poor target discrimination (Rybak et al, 2007), whereas morningness has been inversely associated with high risktaking propensity (Killgore, 2007). Regarding Eysenck's three-factor model of personality (Eysenck, 1967), there are reports of positive associations of eveningness with extraversion (Adan, 1992;Mecacci et al, 1986;Neubauer, 1992;Soehner et al, 2007), neuroticism (Mecacci & Rocchetti, 1998;Mura & Levy, 1986;Neubauer, 1992), and psychoticism (Mecacci & Rocchetti, 1998;Mecacci et al, 1986). However, neuroticism has also been related to morningness (Mecacci et al, 1986).…”

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Circadian Preference Is Associated With Emotional and Affective Temperaments

Ottoni

Antoniolli

Lara

2012

Chronobiology International

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Chronotype has long been associated with mental disorders and temperamental features. This study aims to investigate the association of circadian preference with a new model for emotional and affective temperament. In this Web survey, 6436 subjects (27.2% males) answered the Affective and Emotional Composite Temperament Scale (AFECTS), the Circadian Energy Scale (CIRENS), and questions on subjective sleep parameters for a sleep-based chronotype measure. Temperament was more strongly correlated with daily energy score than with chronotype. For emotional dimensions, Volition, Coping, and Control positively correlated with high and stable daily energy, contrary to Sensitivity. Evening types showed a less adaptive emotional profile than morning and intermediate types, who showed a relatively similar emotional pattern. Focus and order (facets of Control), energy (facet of Volition), caution (facet of Inhibition), and problem facing (facet of Coping) were distinctive for the three circadian types, being particularly low in evening types and high in morning types. Differences between affective temperaments were more pronounced for morning and afternoon than for evening scores. Cyclothymic and euphoric temperaments, which relate to bipolar disorders, and apathetic, volatile, and disinhibited temperaments, which relate to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), showed the latest chronotype (i.e., evening preference). In conclusion, temperament was more associated with absolute energy levels than with chronotype. Evening types had less emotional control, coping, volition, and caution, and more affective instability and externalization. The circadian daily energy profile can be very informative about human temperament and vice versa, and their combined assessment may be useful in the evaluation of psychiatric patients. (

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Circadian Preference Is Associated With Emotional and Affective Temperaments

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Antoniolli

Lara

2012

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“…The studies reported in these reviews analyzed the issue with reference to the three Eysenck personality factors: extraversion, neuroticism, and psychoticism. Some studies have reported a positive relationship between extraversion and eveningness (Adan, 1992;Mecacci et al, 1986;Neubauer, 1992;Soehner et al, 2007), while others, with regard to the neuroticism dimension (Mecacci & Rocchetti, 1998;Mura & Levy, 1986;Neubauer, 1992), have found that evening types are more neurotic than morning types. In contrast, Mecacci et al (1986) found a higher neuroticism level in morning versus evening types, while, with regard to psychoticism, evening types scored higher than morning types (Mecacci & Rocchetti, 1998;Mecacci et al, 1986).…”

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Relationship between Circadian Typology and Big Five Personality Domains

Tonetti

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Natale

2009

Chronobiology International

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We explored the relationship between personality, based on the five-factor model, and circadian preference. To this end, 503 participants (280 females, 223 males) were administered the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ) and the self-report version of the Big Five Observer (BFO) to determine circadian preference and personality features, respectively. Morning types scored significantly higher than evening and intermediate types on the conscientiousness factor. Evening types were found to be more neurotic than morning types. With reference to the big five personality model, our data, together with those of all the previous studies, indicate that the conscientiousness domain is the one that best discriminates among the three circadian types. Results are discussed with reference to neurobiological models of personality.

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“…The majority of the studies reported negative low correlation between morningness and extraversion (e.g. Adams, Folkard, & Young, 1986;Adan & Almirall, 1990;Horne & Ö stberg, 1977;Larsen, 1985;Monk, Leng, Folkard, & Weitzman, 1983;Neubauer, 1992), although there were studies that reported low but positive correlations (Mecacci & Rocchetti, 1998;Mecacci, Righi, & Rocchetti, 2004;Kaliterna, 1989;Mura & Levy, 1986). Negative but low correlations were also reported between morningness and neuroticism (e.g.…”

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Circadian preferences and personality traits: A meta‐analysis

2010

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In this study we report results of a meta‐analysis of studies linking personality to circadian rhythms. A total of 35 independent samples, 96 correlations and 8589 participants were included. Results showed that conscientiousness is the personality dimension that mostly related to morningness (r = .29). Agreeableness was also related to morningness although to a lesser degree (r = .13). Openness to experience, extraversion and neuroticism, contribute to a very small degree (i.e. −.09, −.06 and −.07, respectively). Furthermore, moderation analyses suggested effects of personality measure (big five vs. other) and sample (students vs. workers). Average age of participants had no significant impact on the relationship between morningness and personality, apart from a very trivial influence on openness to experience. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Relationship between Neuroticism and Circadian Rhythms

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Circadian Preference Is Associated With Emotional and Affective Temperaments

Circadian Preference Is Associated With Emotional and Affective Temperaments

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Circadian preferences and personality traits: A meta‐analysis

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