Abstract
Emotional feelings associated with memories for negative events fade earlier than those for positive events. This bias is defined as the fading affect bias (FAB). In the present study, we investigated whether the FAB effects were predicted by individual differences of personality traits or current moods. The FAB effect was measured by autobiographical memories, which were personally recorded in a 14-days dairy. Results demonstrated that the FAB effect identified in this study replicated findings in previous studies, and that variances of the FAB effect were significantly correlated with individual differences in the current mood of negative feelings. However, no significant correlation was found between individual scores of the FAB and the personality trait. These findings suggest that faster decrease of emotional feelings associated with negative events than positive events could be diminished in individuals with negative mood, and that the FAB effect could not be explained by the personality trait.
