Anxious Personality Traits: Perspectives from Basic Emotions and Neurotransmitters
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Historical Development of Personality Theories
3. The Similarity between Eysenck’s Personality Dimension and Emotional Dimensions
3.1. Extroversion/Introversion
3.2. Neuroticism (Stable/Unstable)
4. The Similarity between Personality Traits and Basic Emotions
4.1. Basic Emotional Theory and Personality Traits
4.2. Extroverted—Joy
4.3. Introverted—Disgust (Sadness)
4.4. Neuroticism (Instability)—Anger/Fear
5. Neurotransmitters Subside with Personality Traits
5.1. Extroverted—Dopamine (DA)
5.2. Introverted—5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)
5.3. Neuroticism—Norepinephrine (NE)
6. Anxious Personality Traits
6.1. Anxiety—Neuroticism
6.2. Anxiety—Introversion
6.3. Emotional Manifestations of Anxiety Personality Traits
6.4. Neuro-Humoral Mechanisms of Anxiety Personality Traits
7. Discussion
7.1. Conclusions
7.2. Expectations
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Dong, J.; Xiao, T.; Xu, Q.; Liang, F.; Gu, S.; Wang, F.; Huang, J.H. Anxious Personality Traits: Perspectives from Basic Emotions and Neurotransmitters. Brain Sci. 2022, 12, 1141. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12091141
Dong J, Xiao T, Xu Q, Liang F, Gu S, Wang F, Huang JH. Anxious Personality Traits: Perspectives from Basic Emotions and Neurotransmitters. Brain Sciences. 2022; 12(9):1141. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12091141
Chicago/Turabian StyleDong, Jie, Tingwei Xiao, Qiuyue Xu, Fei Liang, Simeng Gu, Fushun Wang, and Jason H. Huang. 2022. "Anxious Personality Traits: Perspectives from Basic Emotions and Neurotransmitters" Brain Sciences 12, no. 9: 1141. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12091141