title: Word-association emotional indicators: associations with anxiety, psychoticism, neuroticism, extraversion, and creativity.
abstract: Word-association emotional indicators (e.g., long reaction time, response repetition) were studied in relation to anxiety, psychoticism, neuroticism, extraversion, and creativity. Two hundred fifty male university students in India completed 5 measures. A principal components analysis with varimax rotation indicated that (a) rare but not bizarre and atypical word associations were related to creativity; (b) rare word associations that were bizarre, isolated, and atypical were positively related to psychoticism and to psychopathic deviation; (c) long reaction time and repetition of the stimulus word before responding were related to suspiciousness, and (d) the P scale of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (Eysenck & Eysenck, 1975) tapped some features of social anhedonia, social deviance, and mild antisocial behavior.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology Panjab University, India.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Upmanyu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhardwaj
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D005120:Extraversion, Psychological; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014936:Word Association Tests