Supplemental Material for Does Mindfulness Practice Promote Psychological Functioning or Is It the Other Way Around? A Daily Diary Study

The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak has dramatically altered people’s social lives due to strict distancing policies. Increased loneliness has been publicly discussed as a harmful psychological side effect of these policies. However, thus far, empirical evidence was lacking. This large scale daily diary study assessed daily loneliness in N = 4,850 German adults from March 16, 2020 until April 12, 2020. Daily loneliness increased during the first two weeks of the Covid 19 lockdown and decreased thereafter. We identified subgroups that are at a higher risk for changes in daily loneliness during the Covid-19 pandemic (i.e., older adults, parents). It is important to evaluate if and how established knowledge about psychological functioning applies to extraordinary times and events such as the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Recovering from Emotional Labour: A Daily Diary Study on the Role of Deep and Surface Acting

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e604062012-032 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Despoina Xanthopoulou ◽

Arnold B. Bakker ◽

Wido G. M. Oerlemans ◽

Maria Koszucka

Keyword(s):

Daily Diary ◽

Diary Study ◽

Surface Acting ◽

Emotional Labour ◽

Daily Diary Study

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The costs and benefits of practical and emotional support on adjustment: A daily diary study of couples experiencing acute stress

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e633912013-507 ◽

2004 ◽

Author(s):

Craig Herman ◽

Patrick Shrout ◽

Niall Bolger

Keyword(s):

Emotional Support ◽

Acute Stress ◽

Daily Diary ◽

Diary Study ◽

Costs And Benefits ◽

Daily Diary Study

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Stability and Fluctuation of Personality Disorder Features in Daily Life

10.31234/osf.io/tf5sc ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Aidan G.C. Wright ◽

Leonard Simms

Keyword(s):

Personality Disorder ◽

Daily Life ◽

Daily Diary ◽

Personality Pathology ◽

Dynamic Processes ◽

Diary Study ◽

Daily Diary Study ◽

Symptom Exacerbation ◽

High Degree ◽

Over Time

Very little is known about the daily stability and fluctuation of personality pathology. To address this gap in knowledge, we investigated the naturalistic manifestation of personality pathology over the course of 100 days. A group of individuals (N=101) diagnosed with any personality disorder (PD) completed a daily diary study over 100 consecutive days (Mdn = 94 days, Range = 33-101 days). Participants completed daily ratings of 30 manifestations of personality pathology. Patterns of stability and variability over the course of the study were then examined. Results indicated that individual PD manifestations and domains of PD manifestations were variable across days and differed widely in their frequency. Additionally, individual averages and level of variability in PD domains were highly stable across months, individual averages of PD domains were predicted by baseline dispositional ratings of PD traits with a high degree of specificity, and daily variability PD domains was associated with elevated levels of PD traits. This pattern of findings suggests that dynamic processes of symptom exacerbation and diminution that are stable in mean level and variability in expression over time characterizes personality pathology. Further, dispositional ratings are significant predictors of average daily expression of PD features.

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