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In an ongoing longitudinal study, a Big Five Personality Inventory was comp
leted by 122 men and 126 women at age 33. At age 36, the Brief Mood Introsp
ection Scale, the Meta-Evaluation Scale, and the Meta-Regulation Scale were
administered to 140 men and 127 women. The results, based on path analyses
, lent support to a hypothesized model, according to which current mood (Ne
gative, Positive, Active, Calm) and mood evaluation (Mood Influence, Typica
lity and Acceptance, Clarity) mediate the relationship between the Big Five
personality traits and emotion regulation strategies (Repair, Dampening, M
aintenance). For both sexes, Neuroticism was the most significant trait in
terms of emotion regulation. A sex difference emerged: in general, personal
ity traits and mood variables explained emotion regulation more significant
ly in men. Copyright (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.