Neuroticism's link to threat sensitivity: Evidence from a dynamic affect reactivity task.

The personality trait of neuroticism has been theoretically linked to threat sensitivity, but this perspective of neuroticism has resulted in mixed findings, arguably because mood states, rather than emotional reactions, have been examined. The present studies (total = 519) administered a task capable of assessing emotional reactions-to appetitive versus aversive images-in a nearly continuous manner, parsing threat sensitivity in terms of emotional onsets, peak amplitudes, and prototypicality in responding. In the context of this tight temporal focus, higher levels of neuroticism tended to be associated with faster emotional onsets when aversive images were involved.

Receipt of antimalarials among children aged 6-59 months in Nigeria from 2010 to 2021.

Background: Nigeria has the highest malaria burden globally, and anti-malarials have been commonly used to treat malaria without parasitological confirmation. In 2012, Nigeria implemented rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) to reduce the use of anti-malarials for those without malaria and to increase the use of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) for malaria treatment. This study examined changes in anti-malarial receipt among children aged 6-59 months during a 12-year period of increasing RDT availability.

Attuned to the Flux of Life: Relations Between Ability Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Reactivity.

The field of ability-related emotional intelligence (ability EI) could benefit from new perspectives concerning dynamic operations. According to a recent perspective, variations in ability EI are likely to be linked to variations in skills related to evaluation. This perspective contends, perhaps counterintuitively, that higher levels of ability EI are likely to be linked to higher levels of emotional reactivity, defined in terms of stronger event-emotion relationships.

Feelings as a currency of care: A role for agreeableness in emotional reactivity.

Objective And Background: The personality trait of agreeableness is linked to a number of core tendencies (e.g., empathy, warmth) that operate in a feeling-based manner.