Odnos dimenzija petofaktorskoga modela ličnosti i raspoloženja
Relations between Dimensions of the Five-Factor Model of Personality and Mood

Summary/Abstract: Relations between the questionnaire and adjective measures of the Big-Five personality factors with two higher-order dimensions of mood, positive and negative, and with their specific components of joy, activation, acceptance, sadness, anger, fear and rejection, have been tested on a sample of 332 respondents. Results show that adjective and questionnaire measures of emotional stability are the best predictors of negative mood, while the questionnaire measure of extraversion and adjective measure of openness are the best predictors of positive mood. Both measures of emotional stability are also the best predictors of specific negative moods, while the questionnaire measure of extraversion is the best predictor of specific positive moods. The adjective measure of openness is the only significant predictor of all three positive moods. Results consistently show that all dimensions of mood can be better predicted by the adjective measure of personality than by the questionnaire measure. Also, the Big-Five personality dimensions, irrespectible of the measures used, can better predict positive than negative moods. These results are discussed in the context of previous research and some theoretical issues concerning the nature of the relations between personality traits and mood.

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