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The influence of harm avoidance and novelty seeking temperament traits on emotional processing
Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/30076 The influence of harm avoidance and novelty seeking temperament traits on emotional processing Govender, C. Cassimjee, Nafisa jacomienm@hotmail.com Muller, Jacomien Personality Psychobiological theory Novelty seeking Psychopathology Sociability Harm avoidance Processing bias Approach motivation Avoidance motivation Temperament Facial emotional processing UCTD Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2013. The purpose of this study is to explore the differences within specific temperament traits on emotional processing bias. Participants with extremes in temperament traits Harm Avoidance and Novelty Seeking were categorised and their performance on a computerised neuropsychological test battery was investigated. First year psychology students at a residential university in South Africa were invited to participate in the original study. Processing of the data yielded a realised sample of 431 participants who completed the Emotions battery, which comprised of four tasks. The results show that processing of affective valence varies according to individual differences within specific temperament traits. The findings suggest a negative emotion processing bias in the High HA group in comparison to the low HA group. Furthermore, the impulsive and extroverted High NS group show an increased ability to process emotional faces in comparison to the low NS group. The implications of these findings are discussed in the context of putative risk factors for psychopathological disorders. Psychology unrestricted 2013-09-07T17:53:36Z 2013-01-09 2013-09-07T17:53:36Z 2012-09-06 2013-01-09 2012-12-03 Dissertation Muller, J 2012, The influence of harm avoidance and novelty seeking temperament traits on emotional processing, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30076 > F12/9/304/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30076 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12032012-123400/ © 2012 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Personality Psychobiological theory Novelty seeking Psychopathology Sociability Harm avoidance Processing bias Approach motivation Avoidance motivation Temperament Facial emotional processing UCTD The influence of harm avoidance and novelty seeking temperament traits on emotional processing |
| title | The influence of harm avoidance and novelty seeking temperament traits on emotional processing |
| title_full | The influence of harm avoidance and novelty seeking temperament traits on emotional processing |
| title_fullStr | The influence of harm avoidance and novelty seeking temperament traits on emotional processing |
| title_full_unstemmed | The influence of harm avoidance and novelty seeking temperament traits on emotional processing |
| title_short | The influence of harm avoidance and novelty seeking temperament traits on emotional processing |
| title_sort | influence of harm avoidance and novelty seeking temperament traits on emotional processing |
| topic | Personality Psychobiological theory Novelty seeking Psychopathology Sociability Harm avoidance Processing bias Approach motivation Avoidance motivation Temperament Facial emotional processing UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30076 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12032012-123400/ |