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. 2020 Dec 29;117(52):32857-32858.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2017910117. Epub 2020 Nov 24.

Neuroticism may reflect emotional variability when correcting for the confound with the mean

Mario Wenzel  1 , Thomas Kubiak  2
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Neuroticism may reflect emotional variability when correcting for the confound with the mean

Mario Wenzel et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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The authors declare no competing interest.

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Fig. 1.
Forest plots of the relationship between relative negative emotional variability and (A) mean negative emotion, (B) mean positive emotion, and (C) neuroticism when controlling for mean negative and mean positive emotion. (D) Relationship between mean negative emotion and neuroticism, controlling for relative variability in negative emotion and mean positive emotion. For each dataset, we provide a standardized coefficient bounded by a 95% CI. The area of each square is proportional to the weight of the study in the metaanalysis. The results of the random effects metaanalysis are depicted at the bottom of each plot (RE model), with the width of the rhombus representing the 95% CI. The dotted line represents no effect. DD, daily diary; ESM, experience sampling method.
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  • 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.

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