Emotionality (personality)

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Emotion

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Emotionality in this context is a personality trait associated with the ongoing tendency of individuals to overreact to emotional situations. It is associated with the physiological component of anxiety, and can manifest itself as muscle tension, elevated heart rate, sweating, feeling sick and shaking.

See also

• Emotional adjustment
• Emotional control
• Emotional disturbances
• Emotional immaturity
• Emotional instability
• Emotional reactivity
• Emotional regulation
• Emotionally unstable personality disorder
• I/E ratio
• Mindfulness
• Neuroticism
• Reactive depression
• Reactive psychosis
• Susceptibility (disorders)