To explore the relationship
among neuroticism, negative emotions, trait mindfulness and emotional
effectiveness, we investigated the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, Profile
of Mood States, Mindful Attention Awareness Scale and Emotional Creativity
Inventory of 1,423 Chinese college students who were chosen by overall random
sampling. (1) There were various significant correlations among neuroticism,
negative emotions, trait mindfulness and emotional effectiveness. (2) Negative
emotions were predicted positively by neuroticism, and negatively by trait
mindfulness and emotional effectiveness. (3) Trait mindfulness and emotional effectiveness
played multiple mediation effects between neuroticism and negative emotions.
Hence, neuroticism can affect negative emotions directly, and indirectly
through trait mindfulness and emotional effectiveness. In sum, these findings
suggest a potential mechanism how neuroticism influences negative emotions, and
provide a therapeutic target for which the interventions based on trait
mindfulness and emotional effectiveness may take effect to improve negative
emotions.