emotional-range.md

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Big Five emotional range

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Emotional range, also referred to as Neuroticism or Natural reactions, is the extent to which a person's emotions are sensitive to the individual's environment. The tables that follow qualify results for characteristics as high or low: {: shortdesc}

• Any score above the mean of 0.5 indicates a greater than average tendency for a characteristic. A score at or above 0.75 indicates readily discernible aspects of the characteristic; such scores are considered high.
• The opposite statements are true of scores below 0.50 and 0.25, which are considered low.

For more information, see Percentiles for personality characteristics.

Facets

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Brief descriptions of the dimension's facets and of individuals who score high in each facet.

Facet	Individuals who score high...
Anger / Fiery	Have a tendency to feel angry.
Anxiety / Prone to worry	Often feel like something unpleasant, threatening, or dangerous is about to happen. The "fight-or-flight" system of their brains is too easily and too often engaged.
Depression / Melancholy / Moodiness	Tend to react more readily to life's ups and downs.
Immoderation / Self-indulgence	Feel strong cravings and urges that they have difficulty resisting, even though they know that they are likely to regret them later. They tend to be oriented toward short-term pleasures and rewards rather than long-term consequences.
Self-consciousness	Are sensitive about what others think of them. Their concerns about rejection and ridicule cause them to feel shy and uncomfortable around others; they are easily embarrassed.
Vulnerability / Susceptible to stress / Sensitivity to stress	Have difficulty coping with stress. They experience panic, confusion, and helplessness when under pressure or when facing emergency situations.
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Range of characteristics

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General descriptions that might apply to individuals whose scores evidence more or less of each facet of the dimension, as well as terms that might describe such individuals.

Description of low value	Term	Facet	Term	Description of high value
It takes a lot to get you angry.	Mild-tempered	Anger	Fiery	You have a fiery temper, especially when things do not go your way.
You tend to feel calm and self-assured.	Self-assured	Anxiety	Prone to worry	You tend to worry about things that might happen.
You are generally comfortable with yourself as you are.	Content	Depression	Melancholy	You think quite often about the things you are unhappy about.
You have control over your desires, which are not particularly intense.	Self-controlled	Immoderation	Hedonistic	You feel your desires strongly and are easily tempted by them.
You are hard to embarrass and are self-confident most of the time.	Confident	Self-consciousness	Self-conscious	You are sensitive about what others might be thinking of you.
You handle unexpected events calmly and effectively.	Calm under pressure	Vulnerability	Susceptible to stress	You are easily overwhelmed in stressful situations.
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Primary and secondary dimensions

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Information that relates the dimension to other dimensions, describing combinations of personality characteristics. Provides insight into how primary and secondary characteristics might interrelate to represent an individual's composite personality.

Dimension	Score	High emotional range	Low emotional range
Agreeableness	High	Emotional, gullible, affectionate, sensitive, soft	Patient, relaxed, undemanding, down-to-earth
	Low	Temperamental, irritable, quarrelsome, impatient, grumpy	Unemotional, insensitive, unaffectionate, passionless
Conscientiousness	High	Particular, high-strung	Rational, objective, steady, logical, decisive
	Low	Compulsive, nosy, self-indulgent, forgetful, impulsive	Informal, low-key
Extraversion	High	Excitable, wordy, flirtatious, explosive, extravagant	Unself-conscious, weariless, indefatigible
	Low	Guarded, fretful, insecure, pessimistic, secretive	Unassuming, unexcitable, placid, tranquil
Openness	High	Excitable, passionate, sensual	Heartfelt, versatile, creative, intellectual, insightful
	Low	Easily rattled, easily irked, apprehensive	Imperturbable, insensitive
{: caption="Table 3. Primary and secondary dimensions (emotional range)"}