surgency

Even though nowadays surgency is referred to as a self-reported construct, it was also associated to an ability.

"Only fanatics subscribe to this type of in- surgency.

High surgency in children is often identified by parental self-report and has been associated with lower levels of effortful control.

Extraversion has also been linked to physiological factors such as respiration, through its association with surgency.

Increased levels of smiling and laughter are observed in babies high in surgency/extraversion.

Surgency/extraversion includes positive anticipation, impulsivity, increased levels of activity and a desire for sensation seeking.

Extraversion is characterized by positive emotions, surgency, and the tendency to seek out stimulation and the company of others.

Thurstone and Thurstone identified surgency by the word "fluency".

For example, they found that emotion-coaching parenting was related to distraction coping strategies for children with lower negative affect and higher surgency.

Using factor analysis on data from 3 -12 month old children, three broad factors emerged and were labelled surgency/extraversion, negative affect, and effortful control.

In children, surgency is an emotional dimension that is characterized by high levels of activity and positive emotion, impulsivity, and engagement with their environment.

Norman named these factors Surgency, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, and Culture.

Cattell found that of all of the objective tests developed for assessing temperament, the fluency tests were the most valid for testing Surgency.

Using Cattell's trait measures, they found five recurring factors, which they named "Surgency", "Agreeableness", "Dependability", "Emotional Stability", and "Culture".

Botwin, Buss and Shackelford (1997) found that women had a higher preference for surgency and dominance in their mates than men did, in a study of dating couples and newlyweds.

Furthermore, participants scored higher on aggression during frown trials than during smile trials, and scored higher on elation, surgency, and social affection factors during smile trials than during frown ones.

In January 2012 King suffered a lacerated ear injury in a collison with Xavier Rush of the Cardiff Blues and had to undergo emergency plastic surgency at Morriston Hospital, Swansea.