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I just did some searching on "iq neuroticism"[1] and everything I found seemed to indicate that there's a small negative correlation. That is, smarter people on average seem to have a slightly easier time not getting trapped by fixation on negative outcomes.

[1] Any scientific study is going to use the Big Five definition of neuroticism, of course. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits



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