Aim:The aim of this study was to compare executive
functions and affective styles (adjusting, tolerating,
concealing) in introverted and extroverted
individuals.Method: The method of this research was to
ex-post-facto and the population of this study concluded
that 370 people who worked in Jam-e Jam Institute in
2016. In this research, the first, all of employees
completed the Eysenck personality questionnaire (EPQR)-
Revised, Then were purposefully divided into two
groups – 40 introverted persons and 35 extroverted
persons, based on the the final scores of distibution.
Participants were matched according to age, gender,
education and marital status in two groups. For data
collection was used the affective styles questionnaire and
Stroop computer test (Color and Word). the data was
analyzed by Multivariate analysis of variance and the
Kruskal Wallis Test.Results: The results showed that the
extroverted and introverted individuals have a significant
difference between two components of emotional styles,
adjusting” and “tolerating. So that, the extroverted
individuals more adjustable, and the introverted
individuals were more tolerance, but there was no
significant difference between the two groups in the
emotional concealment. Also, the findings showed that
there was no significant difference in the executive
functions between introverted and extroverted individuals.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that personality traits
play an important role in emotional style, but can not
explain executive functions.