The role of personality in dyadic interaction: A psychophysiological study.
Psychophysiological activity was recorded during development discussions of 44 manager-subordinate pairs to examine the effects of the Big Five personality traits Extraversion and Conscientiousness, and personality similarity during dyadic social interaction. Facial electromyography and frontal electroencephalography (EEG) asymmetry were collected continuously during the 30-min discussions. Different actor and partner effects and Actor×Partner interactions were observed. Matching levels of Extraversion led to higher periocular muscle activity, indicating positive valence emotional expressions. The results are discussed considering similarity attraction theories.
Aalto University School of Business, Department of Information and Service Economy, P.O. Box 21220, 00076 Aalto, Helsinki, Finland. Electronic address: mikko.salminen@aalto.fi.
Mikko
M
Salminen
University of Helsinki, Finnish Centre of Excellence in Research on Intersubjectivity in Interaction, P.O. Box 54, 00014 Helsinki, Finland. Electronic address: pentti.henttonen@helsinki.fi.
Pentti
P
Henttonen
Aalto University School of Business, Department of Information and Service Economy, P.O. Box 21220, 00076 Aalto, Helsinki, Finland; Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 4, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; Aalto University, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, HIIT, P.O. Box 15600, 00076 Aalto, Finland. Electronic address: niklas.ravaja@aalto.fi.
Niklas
N
Ravaja
D000328:Adult; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods*; D004576:Electromyography / Q000379:methods*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D010551:Personality / Q000502:physiology*; D011603:Psychophysiology
Dyadic interaction; EEG; Emotion; Facial EMG; Personality