Open AccessNegatively valenced expectancy violation predicts emotionality: A longitudinal analysis.
Author(s) -
B. Ann Bettencourt,
Mark Manning
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
emotion
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.261
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1931-1516
pISSN - 1528-3542
DOI - 10.1037/emo0000152
Subject(s) - psychology , expectancy theory , emotionality , psycinfo , developmental psychology , longitudinal study , social psychology , medline , statistics , mathematics , political science , law
We hypothesized that negatively valenced expectancy violations about the quality of 1's life would predict negative emotionality. We tested this hypothesis in a 4-wave longitudinal study of breast cancer survivors. The findings showed that higher levels of negatively valenced expectancy violation, at earlier time points, were associated with greater negative emotionality, at later time points. Implications of the findings are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record