Negatively valenced expectancy violation predicts emotionality: A longitudinal analysis.
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
Department of Psychological Sciences.
B Ann
BA
Bettencourt
Department of Oncology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Mark
M
Manning
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D011336:Probability; D011788:Quality of Life