POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECTIVITY FOR ACADEMIC AND INTERPERSONAL DOMAINS - RELATIONS TO GENERAL AFFECTIVITY, EXTROVERSION, AND NEUROTICISM

The present study examined the relations between positive and negative affectivity for academic and interpersonal domains with a measure of general affectivity. Results of within-group analyses of variances ind icated that scores on measures of positive and negative affectivity fo r academic situations were significantly different compared with score s for interpersonal and general affectivity. Consistent with previous research, measures of general positive and negative affectivity were f ound to remain significantly associated with measures of extraversion and neuroticism, respectively, even after controlling for domain speci fic affectivity. Overall, the present findings indicate that emotional experience might differ considerably across different domains. (C) 19 97 Elsevier Science Ltd.