- Title
- Openness to Experience Moderates the Association between Problem-Solving Style and Negative Affect
- Creator
- Sanatkar, Samineh; Rubin, Mark
- Relation
- Journal of Individual Differences Vol. 41, Issue 4, p. 175-189
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001/a000318
- Publisher
- Hogrefe Publishing
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- Hogrefe Publishing. Everyday problem-solving situations can be approached on an independent or interdependent basis. The current article investigated the moderating effects of openness to experience and self-efficacy on the relation between an independent versus interdependent problem-solving style and negative affect (stress, anxiety, depression, and neuroticism). Australian university students (Ns = 399, 186, 337, and 248) and international academic researchers (N = 199) took part in research studies examining the relations between personality, problem-solving-style, and mental health. Openness to experience moderated the association between problem-solving style and negative affect in all five studies. When openness was low, independent problem-solvers reported greater negative emotionality compared to interdependent problem-solvers. Further, the moderating effect of openness to experience on trait-based negative affectivity (i.e., neuroticism) was mediated by state-based negative emotional experiences of anxiety and stress. The moderating effect of self-efficacy appraisals was only statistically significant on specific anxiety about solving problems. Openness to experience seems to help alleviate the negative mental consequences of independent problem-solvers. These findings have implications for clinical practice with regard to building a therapeutic relationship and retaining clients.
- Subject
- big five personality; openness to experience; independent or interdependent problem-sloving style; self-efficacy appraisals; negative affect
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1445328
- Identifier
- uon:42560
- Identifier
- ISSN:1614-0001
- Language
- eng
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