TY - JOUR
T1 - Sources of variation in emotional awareness
T2 - Age, gender, and socioeconomic status
AU - Mankus, Annette M.
AU - Boden, Matthew Tyler
AU - Thompson, Renee J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - The present study examined associations between emotional awareness facets (type clarity, source clarity, negative emotion differentiation, voluntary attention, involuntary attention) and sociodemographic characteristics (age, gender, and socioeconomic status [SES]) in a large US sample (N. = 919). Path analyses-controlling for variance shared between sociodemographic variables and allowing emotional awareness facets to correlate-demonstrated that (a) age was positively associated with type clarity and source clarity, and inversely associated with involuntary attention; (b) gender was associated with all facets but type clarity, with higher source clarity, negative emotion differentiation, voluntary attention, and involuntary attention reported by women then men; and (c) SES was positively associated with type clarity with a very small effect. These findings extend our understanding of emotional awareness and identify future directions for research to elucidate the causes and consequences of individual differences in emotional awareness.
AB - The present study examined associations between emotional awareness facets (type clarity, source clarity, negative emotion differentiation, voluntary attention, involuntary attention) and sociodemographic characteristics (age, gender, and socioeconomic status [SES]) in a large US sample (N. = 919). Path analyses-controlling for variance shared between sociodemographic variables and allowing emotional awareness facets to correlate-demonstrated that (a) age was positively associated with type clarity and source clarity, and inversely associated with involuntary attention; (b) gender was associated with all facets but type clarity, with higher source clarity, negative emotion differentiation, voluntary attention, and involuntary attention reported by women then men; and (c) SES was positively associated with type clarity with a very small effect. These findings extend our understanding of emotional awareness and identify future directions for research to elucidate the causes and consequences of individual differences in emotional awareness.
KW - Age differences
KW - Attention to emotions
KW - Emotion differentiation
KW - Emotional awareness
KW - Emotional clarity
KW - Gender differences
KW - Socioeconomic status
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84943339587
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2015.09.043
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2015.09.043
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84943339587
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 89
SP - 28
EP - 33
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
ER -