A Serbian version of the ANPS and its link to the five-factor model of personality

• Main Authors: Montag Christian, Davis Kenneth L., Lazarevic Ljiljana B., Knezevic Goran
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: De Gruyter 2019-01-01
• Series: Open Psychology
• Subjects: affective neuroscience theory; serbian affective neuroscience personality scales (anps); neuroticism extraversion openness personality inventory-revised (neo-pi-r)
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/psych-2018-0019

This short communication presents a Serbian version of the Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales (ANPS). The ANPS is a self-report measure assessing individual differences in primary emotional systems as derived from Jaak Panksepp’s Affective Neuroscience Theory. As a recent work by Montag & Panksepp (2017a) confirmed the original demonstration of strong associations between primary emotions and the Five-Factor Model of Personality (Davis et al., 2003) across different cultures (USA, Germany, China), we replicated these findings in a Serbian sample. Moreover, following the idea of a recent commentary of Di Domencio & Ryan (2017) on Montag & Panksepp’s (2017a), we present for the first time detailed associations between Five-Factor Model facets as assessed with the NEO-PI-R and primary emotions.