Reply to Wenzel and Kubiak: Neuroticism is best defined by mean levels of negative emotion, not emotional variability

Affiliations

¹ Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia; elise.kalokerinos@unimelb.edu.au.
² Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.
³ Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.

Comment

Elise K Kalokerinos et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020.

. 2020 Dec 29;117(52):32859-32860.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.2020017117. Epub 2020 Nov 24.

¹ Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia; elise.kalokerinos@unimelb.edu.au.
² Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.
³ Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interest.

Neuroticism may not reflect emotional variability.
Kalokerinos EK, Murphy SC, Koval P, Bailen NH, Crombez G, Hollenstein T, Gleeson J, Thompson RJ, Van Ryckeghem DML, Kuppens P, Bastian B. Kalokerinos EK, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Apr 28;117(17):9270-9276. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1919934117. Epub 2020 Apr 15. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020. PMID: 32295883 Free PMC article.
Neuroticism may reflect emotional variability when correcting for the confound with the mean.
Wenzel M, Kubiak T. Wenzel M, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Dec 29;117(52):32857-32858. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2017910117. Epub 2020 Nov 24. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020. PMID: 33234571 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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