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BACKGROUND: Job satisfaction, as a multidimensional psychological response to work experience, includes both cognitive and affective components which influence individuals' appraisals and state of minds. In recent years, researchers have begun to explore the psychological processes that might underlie the dispositional causes of job satisfaction. Affective temperaments can influence the experience of emotionally significant events at work and this, in turn, may influence job satisfaction. OBJECTIVE: To investigate possible associations between affective temperamental features and job satisfaction in the health professions. METHODS: The sample consisted of 294 subjects selected among health professionals. Data were collected by an online survey including the Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) questionnaire and the short form of the Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego (TEMPS-A) questionnaire. RESULTS: Hyperthymic, depressive, irritable and anxious temperaments predicted the risk of experiencing job dissatisfaction in healthcare professionals. No associations between cyclothymic temperament and job satisfaction were found. CONCLUSION: The identification of affective temperamental assets and liabilities is potentially useful in the development of supportive and psycho-educational strategies, aimed at preventing work-related stress and promoting mental health in workplaces, also reducing the risk of job dissatisfaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study is to assess whether different affective temperaments, age and gender are associated with specific film genre preference. An online survey was administered to 689 adult subjects. We assessed the film genre preference on a Likert scale and affective temperament traits using the self-report questionnaire Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego (TEMPS-A) short-version scale. The scale showed acceptable psychometric properties. Results showed that cyclothymic temperament correlated positively with horror movie, depressive temperament correlated negatively with animation and positively with horror film, irritable temperament correlated negatively with animation and romance and positively with horror genre, hyperthymic trait correlated positively with comedy and musical genre, and anxious trait correlated negatively with documentary, thriller, action, and adult genres. Based on the population sampled, we concluded that stable, genetically conditioned styles of emotional reaction (temperaments) can predict film preference. • The individual factors that might influence film preference have still to be characterized. • Gender, age and individual affective temperaments play important roles in film taste. • Genetically conditioned styles of emotional reaction can predict film preference. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]