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The Effects of Personality, Anxiety and Depression on the Attentional Processing of Emotional Faces Cover

The Effects of Personality, Anxiety and Depression on the Attentional Processing of Emotional Faces

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|Sep 2026

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Figure 1

Example trial with a neutral and an emotional expression, presented side by side. Faces were selected from the Radboud Faces Database (RaFD; Langner et al., 2010). Colored outlines indicate face AOIs defined using Tobii Pro Lab. These AOIs were not visible to participants during the experiment but drawn after for analysis.

Table 1

Means and standard deviations for Big Five personality traits and HSCL scores.

MEASUREM (SD)95% CI
Big Five Inventory personality trait
Extraversion (8–56)35.67 (8.22)34.06–37.28
Agreeableness (9–63)46.53 (7.25)45.12–47.95
Conscientiousness (9–63)41.71 (8.73)40.00–43.41
Neuroticism (8–56)31.19 (9.33)29.37–33.02
Openness (10–70)48.01 (9.40)46.17–49.85
HSCL-25
Anxiety total (10–40)18.17 (5.12)17.17–19.17
Depression total (15–60)28.01 (8.46)26.36–29.66
Global Symptom Index (25–100)46.18 (12.40)43.76–48.61

[i] Note. HSCL-25 = Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25.

Table 2

Means and standard deviations for eye-tracking measures by emotion.

MEASUREM (SD)95% CI
Eye-tracking: Fixation duration (ms)
Neutral2324 (556)2215–2433
Angry3186 (915)3007–3365
Disgusted3163 (849)2997–3329
Fear3224 (875)3053–3396
Happy3462 (785)3308–3615
Sad3297 (832)3135–3460
Surprised3288 (856)3121–3455
Eye-tracking: Time to first fixation (ms)
Neutral1027 (416)946–1108
Angry712 (368)640–784
Disgusted676 (342)609–743
Fear728 (398)650–805
Happy773 (477)680–866
Sad804 (537)699–909
Surprised685 (328)621–750
Table 3

Intercorrelations for BFI subscales and HSCL-25 scores.

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1. Extraversion
2. Agreeableness.23*
3. Conscientiousness–.01.11
4. Neuroticism–.30**–.34**–.43**
5. Openness.03.03–.08.04
6. HSCL-25 Anxiety–.05–.34**–.27**.56**–.06
7. HSCL-25 Depression–.17–.25*–.42**.63**.14.65**

[i] Note. HSCL-25 = Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25. *p < .05. **p < .01.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.519 | Journal eISSN: 2514-4820
Language: English
Page range: 46 - 46
Submitted on: Apr 24, 2026
Accepted on: Sep 1, 2026
Published on: Sep 10, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2026 Carolien Konijnenberg, Svein Åge Kjøs Johnsen, published by Ubiquity Press
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