Acute Bidirectional Relations Between Affect, Physical Feeling States, and Activity-Related Behaviors Among Older Adults: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek J Hevel ◽  
Genevieve F Dunton ◽  
Jaclyn P Maher
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Affective States ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Feeling States ◽  
Bidirectional Relations ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
Momentary Assessment

Abstract Background The majority of older adults are physically inactive; therefore, strategies are needed to effectively promote sustained engagement in physical activity. Purpose This study was designed to investigate acute bidirectional relationships between affective and physical feeling states and activity-related behaviors among older adults in the context of everyday life using Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA). Methods Older adults (n = 103, Mage = 72, Range: 60–98) participated in a 10-day study where they completed up to 6 smartphone-based EMA prompts/day. At each EMA prompt, participants reported their current positive and negative affect and physical feeling states. Participants wore an activPAL accelerometer to measure time spent standing and time spent stepping before and after the prompt. Separate multilevel random coefficient linear and logistic regression models examined these bidirectional relationships. Results On occasions when older adults engaged in more standing and more stepping than was typical for them in the 15 and 30 min prior to the EMA prompt, they tended to report greater feelings of energy at the prompt. On occasions when older adults reported greater feelings of energy than was typical for them, they engaged in more standing and more stepping in the 15 and 30 min following the EMA prompt. Positive and negative affect was unrelated to activity-related behaviors. Conclusions Feelings of energy appear to be strongly linked to activity-related behaviors in older adults; however, this was not the case for positive or negative affect. These findings may have implications for optimal delivery of just-in-time intervention context based on affective states or current behaviors.

A-111 Ecological Momentary Assessment of Mood after Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 1160-1160
Author(s):  
Julianne Wilson ◽  
Amanda R Rabinowitz ◽  
Tessa Hart
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Severe Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Environmental Reward ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
Momentary Assessment

Abstract Objective In persons with moderate–severe traumatic brain injury (msTBI), we compared traditional measures of mood with dynamic measures of affect derived from ecological momentary assessment (EMA), for the purpose of validating the EMA indices and exploring their unique contributions to emotional assessment. Method 23 community-dwelling participants with chronic msTBI were enrolled in a treatment trial for anxiety and/ or depression. At baseline, participants completed the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 Depression and Anxiety subscales (BSI-D, BSI-A) and the Environmental Reward Observation Scale (EROS), a measure of everyday pleasure and reward. EMA data, including the Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS), were collected via smartphone 5 times daily for 7–14 days prior to treatment (M = 8.65; SD = 1.87). Spearman correlations tested associations between baseline BSI-D, BSI-A, and EROS scores with both overall means and temporal variability measures for positive and negative affect (PA, NA). Results Mean PA was significantly correlated with BSI-D (rho −0.60, p < 0.05) and EROS (rho 0.72, p < 0.01). Mean NA and affect variability measures were uncorrelated with baseline scores. NA mean and variability were intercorrelated (rho 0.87, p < 0.001), but this was not the case for PA. Conclusion EMA measures of averaged positive affect showed robust relationships with retrospective measures of depression and environmental reward, providing support for the validity of EMA measures of PA, and for use of the EROS in msTBI. While negative findings must be interpreted with caution, the lack of association of affective variability with retrospective measures suggest a unique role for EMA in examining temporal dynamics of affect.

Perceptions of the Meaningfulness of Work Among Older Social Purpose Workers: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (8) ◽  
pp. 1121-1146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Matz-Costa ◽  
Stephanie Cosner Berzin ◽  
Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes ◽  
Cal J Halvorsen
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Meaningful Work ◽  
Affective States ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
Momentary Assessment

The ecological momentary assessment (EMA) method was used to examine the antecedents and correlates of older adults’ in-the-moment perceptions of meaning at work. Data were collected six times per day for 7 days from 30 older adults who were mostly social entrepreneurs and who were engaged in purpose work (i.e., work that addresses a social problem or issue). We found concurrent effects of two types of affective states (i.e., relaxed and energetic) and generative work behaviors (i.e., sharing information about one’s work and encouraging/inviting others into one’s work) on three measures of perceptions of meaningful work (i.e., high passion for one’s work, high sense of engagement in one’s work, and high connection to a sense of meaning in life). Feeling energetic had a lagged effect on meaningful work approximately 2.5 and 5 hr later in the day. We consider ways to foster engagement in meaningful work as a path toward healthy aging.

Positive and negative affect following marijuana use in naturalistic settings: An ecological momentary assessment study

2018 ◽  
Vol 76 ◽  
pp. 61-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig S. Ross ◽  
Daniel R. Brooks ◽  
Ann Aschengrau ◽  
Michael B. Siegel ◽  
Janice Weinberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽  
Marijuana Use ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Assessment Study ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
Momentary Assessment

Social Contact Frequency and Pain among Older Adults with HIV: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew S Herbert ◽  
Jennalee S Wooldridge ◽  
Emily W Paolillo ◽  
Colin A Depp ◽  
Raeanne C Moore
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽  
Social Contact ◽  
Contact Frequency ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Momentary Assessment

Abstract Background Social relationships are important for pain management among individuals with HIV, but the impact of daily social contact on pain responses in real-time, real-world settings has never been specifically examined. Purpose The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between social contact frequency and pain, and the role of negative and positive affect in this relationship among older adults with HIV using ecological momentary assessment (EMA). Methods A total of 66 (Mage = 59.3, SD = 6.3, range: 50–74) older adults with HIV completed EMA surveys that included social contact frequency, pain level, and negative and positive affect four times per day for 2 weeks. Mixed-effects regression models were used to examine concurrent and lagged associations between social contact frequency, pain, and negative and positive affect. Results Greater recent social contact frequency was associated with less severe current pain (unstandardized B = −0.04, 95% CI: −0.08, −0.01, p = .014), while greater current pain was associated with lower subsequent social contact frequency (unstandardized B = −0.07, 95% CI: −0.11, −0.03, p < .001). Further, higher current negative affect was related to greater current pain, and this relationship was dampened by increased recent social contact frequency (unstandardized B = −0.17, 95% CI: −0.26, −0.08, p < .001). Neither negative nor positive affect was significantly associated with the relationship between current pain and subsequent social contact frequency. Conclusions Social contact frequency and pain are bidirectionally and inversely associated among older adults with HIV. Further, recent social contact influences current pain by attenuating negative affect. Together, these results highlight the need to address social engagement in interventions for pain among older adults with HIV.

scholarly journals AFFECT VARIABILITY AND SLEEP: EMOTIONAL UPS AND DOWNS ARE RELATED TO A POORER NIGHT’S REST

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S741-S741
Author(s):  
Kate A Leger ◽  
Susan Charles ◽  
Karen Fingerman
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Behavior ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
Momentary Assessment

Abstract Emotional experience is strongly related to physical health. Yet, fluctuations in daily emotional experience, known as affect variability, have been less examined. It is unknown how affect variability throughout the day is related to sleep, a critical health behavior. The current study examines this relationship in an ecological momentary assessment of 277 older adults. Regression models indicate that greater variability in daily positive affect is associated with fewer hours of sleep (b = -0.648, p = .04) and greater morning tiredness (b = 0.67, p = .006) even after adjusting for mean levels of affect. Although greater negative affect variability is associated with worse sleep quality (b = -0.77, p = .02) and greater morning tiredness (b = 0.91, p = .004), these relationships disappear once mean negative affect is added into the model. Findings support models describing the downside in the fragility of positive affect.

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