Personality as an Affect-processing System: Toward An Integrative Theory

By J. Block. 2002

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From madness to genius: The Openness/Intellect trait domain as a paradoxical simplex (2012, background): “…prefer integrating apophenia (and intelligence as well) into the Big Five, rather than assigning it to a novel trait dimension: namely, the desirability of a unified mechanistic account of traits as variation in the parameters of an adaptive system (Block, 2002; DeYoung, 2010b; Van Egeren, 2009).”
Ego-control and ego-resiliency: Generalization of self-report scales based on personality descriptions from acquaintances, clinicians, and the self (2005, methodology): “The conceptualization of the constructs of ego-control and ego-resiliency was supported by National Institute of Mental Health Grant MH16080 to Jack and Jeanne Block. qq Supplemental analyses can be found on our laboratory web site at http://www.psych.ucr.edu/faculty/ funder/RAP/RAP.htm.”
Exploring the Cognitive-Emotional Pathways between Adult Attachment and Ego-Resiliency (2012, unknown): “As a means of conceptualizing personality constructs central to motivation, emotion, and behavior, Jack Block (1980, 2002) proposed “ego-resiliency” as the dynamic capacity to regulate one’s level of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral control in response to situational challenges and affordances.”
Toward a Theory of the Big Five (2010, methodology): “Block (2002) described personality as “an affect processing system,” with its main task being to avoid anxiety by successfully constraining and channeling impulses or drives emerging from within and successfully comprehending the environment perceived without.”
Psychometric Properties of the Greek Versions of the Self-Compassion and Mindful Attention and Awareness Scales (2013, background): “Block (2002) suggested that being resilient (that is, regulating control according to situational demands) would be more helpful as it would enable a balance between overregulation (which is not always helpful; see Muraven et al. 1998) and ECS Ego(under)-Control Scale, ERS Ego-Resiliency Scale, BIS…”
Cybernetic Big Five Theory. (2015, background): “These elements constitute a cybernetic system that, when functioning well, allows the organism to fulfill its needs (Block, 2002; DeYoung, 2010c).”
Attachment and depressive symptoms in middle childhood and early adolescence: Testing the validity of the emotion regulation model of attachment (2012, background): “According to Block (2002), under-control (an ER style similar to dysregulation) is a product of poor self-regulatory capacities originating in a chaotic or inconsistent parenting environment.”
A Model of Socioemotional Flexibility at Three Time Scales (2013, background): “, Block, 2002), often most closely associated with neuroticism (Eid & Deiner, 1999). Flexibility can then be viewed as a stable trait of the individual that has emerged bottom–up from the dynamic (i.e., behavioral) and reactive (i.e., situational) flexibility at the shorter time scales. With the top”
Resilience and Big Five personality traits: A meta-analysis (2018, methodology): “The first approach, ego-resiliency, is derived from the theoretical model of personality development that was formulated by Block and his colleagues, which centered on two fundamental constructs: ego-control and ego-resiliency (Block, 2002; Block & Turula, 1963).”
The Five-Factor Framing of Personality and Beyond: Some Ruminations (2010, background): “…has been reliably associated with impulse or overcontrol (Carver & Miller, 2006), whereas dopamine has been reliably recognized as associated with exploratory, engaged, unconstrained behaviors (Panksepp, 1998), what we earlier called undercontrol of thought and behavior (e.g., Block, 2002).”
Motivation and Personality: A Neuropsychological Perspective (2013, background): “However, at the final point of capture of the reward, fast, impulsive action may be more appropriate than planning; overcontrol of BAS-driven impulses can lead to lost opportunities (Block, 2002; DeYoung, 2010a).”
An Evolutionary Life History Framework for Psychopathology (2014, background): “As can be seen in Table 1, the distinction between fast and slow spectrum disorders overlaps to some degree with the theory of undercontrolled and overcontrolled personality types and their role in psychopathology (Block, 2002; Block & Block, 1980; for a similar distinction, see Tops & Boksem, 2010)”