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标题：Curvilinear Effects of Extraversion on Socialization Outcomes Among Chinese College Students
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作者：Yingxin Deng ; Huitian Chen ; Xiang Yao 等
期刊名称：Frontiers in Psychology
电子版ISSN：1664-1078
出版年度：2021
卷号：12
页码：2050
DOI：10.3389/fpsyg.2021.652834
出版社：Frontiers Media
摘要：The authors examine the too-much-of-a-good-thing effect (TMGT effect) in a model showing that extraversion has a curvilinear relationship with social acceptance and depression. A study of 371 freshmen in a Chinese university showed that extraversion had a curvilinear relationship with social acceptance, such that the relationship was significantly positive from lower to moderate levels of extraversion, but the positive relationship leveled off at higher levels of extraversion. Extraversion also had a curvilinear relationship with depression, such that the relationship was significantly negative from lower to moderate levels of extraversion, but the negative relationship leveled off at higher levels of extraversion. The study indicates that beyond a certain point, the beneficial effects of extraversion on socialization outcomes were diminished. That is, higher levels of extraversion were not associated with more positive socialization outcomes (though they were not associated with worse outcomes either) when extraversion exceeded certain point. Implications of theory and practice, as well as limitations and directions for future research, are discussed.
关键词：curvilinear relationship; Extraversion; social acceptance; Depression; freshmen adjustment