WORD-ASSOCIATION EMOTIONAL-INDICATORS - ASSOCIATIONS WITH ANXIETY, PSYCHOTICISM, NEUROTICISM, EXTROVERSION, AND CREATIVITY

Citation
Vv. Upmanyu et al., WORD-ASSOCIATION EMOTIONAL-INDICATORS - ASSOCIATIONS WITH ANXIETY, PSYCHOTICISM, NEUROTICISM, EXTROVERSION, AND CREATIVITY, The Journal of social psychology, 136(4), 1996, pp. 521-529
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Social
ISSN journal
00224545
Volume
136
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
521 - 529
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4545(1996)136:4<521:WE-AWA>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Word-association emotional indicators (e.g., long reaction time, respo nse repetition) were studied in relation to anxiety, psychoticism, neu roticism, extraversion, and creativity. Two hundred fifty male univers ity students in India completed 5 measures. A principal components ana lysis with varimax rotation indicated that (a) rare but not bizarre an d atypical word associations were related to creativity; (b) rare word associations that were bizarre, isolated, and atypical were positivel y related to psychoticism and to psychopathic deviation; (c) long reac tion time and repetition of the stimulus word before responding were r elated to suspiciousness, and (d) the P scale of the Eysenck Personali ty Questionnaire (Eysenck & Eysenck, 1975) tapped some features of soc ial anhedonia, social deviance, and mild antisocial behavior.