Positive affect, intuition and referential thinking

abstract

• This study tested the prediction that individual differences in intuition would interact with positive affect (PA) to predict referential thinking, in a nonclinical sample. Participants (N = 146) completed questionnaires measuring PA, intuition, referential thinking, personality traits, depression, anxiety, and meaning in life. Controlling for anxiety and depression and traits, the interaction of PA and intuition predicted referential thinking. Exploratory analyses demonstrated that at high levels of PA, referential thinking was positively associated with meaning in life. The role of meaning-making processes in referential thinking is discussed. 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

authors

• Hicks, Joshua

published proceedings

• PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES

author list (cited authors)

• King, L. A., & Hicks, J. A.

citation count

• 25

complete list of authors

• King, Laura A||Hicks, Joshua A

publication date

• January 2009

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Personality and Individual Differences  Journal

keywords

• Intuition
• Positive Affect
• Referential Thinking
• Schizotypy

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.paid.2009.01.031

start page

• 719

end page

• 724

volume

• 46

issue

• 7

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2Fj.paid.2009.01.031