scholarly journals Parent-adolescent interaction quality and adolescent affect - an experience sampling study on effect heterogeneity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Bülow ◽  
Eeske van Roekel ◽  
Savannah Boele ◽  
Jaap J. A. Denissen ◽  
Loes Keijsers
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Experience Sampling ◽  
Dynamic Structure ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Specific Research ◽  
Interaction Quality ◽  
Lagged Effects ◽  
Family Associations ◽  
Effect Heterogeneity

Person-environment interactions might ultimately drive longer-term development. This experience sampling study assessed short-term linkages between parent-adolescent interaction quality and affect during 2,281 interactions of 124 adolescents (Mage=15.80, SDage=1.69, 59% girls, 92% Dutch, Education: 25% low, 31% middle, 35% high, 9% other). Adolescents reported on parent-adolescent interaction quality (i.e., warmth and conflict) and momentary positive and negative affect five to six times a day, for 14 days. Preregistered dynamic structure equation models (DSEM) revealed within-family associations between parent-adolescent interaction quality and adolescent affect (concurrently: ß = -.22 to .39; lagged effects: ß = -.17 to .15). These lagged effects varied significantly between families. These findings stress the need for more person-specific research on parenting processes.

Taking care with self-care during COVID-19: Affect-behavior associations during early stages of the pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Disabato ◽  
Pallavi Aurora ◽  
Pooja Gupta Sidney ◽  
Jennifer M Taber ◽  
Clarissa A. Thompson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Feedback Loop ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Daily Diary ◽  
The United States ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Adult Participants ◽  
Stressful Environments

Although evidence exists for a feedback loop between positive affect and self-care behaviors, it is unclear if findings generalize to the COVID-19 pandemic. A 10-day daily diary was completed by 324 adult participants in the United States during spring 2020 when national stay-at-home orders were in effect. We hypothesized a reciprocal within-person process whereby positive affect increased self-care behaviors (Aim 1) and self-care behaviors increased positive affect (Aim 2). Lagged analyses for Aim 1 indicated that greater negative affect, rather than positive affect, predicted increased self-care behaviors from one day to the next day. For Aim 2, concurrent analyses, but not lagged analyses, indicated self-care behaviors was associated with more positive affect and less negative affect afterwards. We discuss the ways negative affect might function differently than normal during stressful environments and conclude self-care behaviors continue to have only a short-term (within a day) impact on positive and negative affect.

scholarly journals Sense of Abundance is Associated with Momentary Positive and Negative Affect: An Experience Sampling Study of Trait Gratitude in Daily Life

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 2229-2236
Author(s):  
Marianne Simons ◽  
Johan Lataster ◽  
Sanne Peeters ◽  
Jennifer Reijnders ◽  
Mayke Janssens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Experience Sampling ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Affective Processing ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Multilevel Regression ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Trait Gratitude

Abstract Results are reported from a study examining the association between subdimensions of trait gratitude (appreciation of others, sense of abundance, and simple appreciation, SGRAT, Thomas and Watkins 2003) and daily life affective processing, in order to respond to the acknowledged need for further research on how trait gratitude may contribute to our well-being. Using experience sampling methodology actual momentary experiences of positive and negative affect were measured on 7 consecutive days in a sample of 106 respondents (63 women and 43 men, varying in age from 18 to 65 years). Multilevel regression analyses revealed that only sense of abundance was significantly associated with momentary experiences of positive affect (positive association) and negative affect (negative association) in daily life. Our findings add to the theoretical understanding of the underlying pathway of the association between trait gratitude and well-being and provide a practical starting point for gratitude interventions.

scholarly journals Perceptions of Partner Affect Mediate Affect Contagion in Older Couples' Daily Life: An Experience-Sampling Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 282-283
Author(s):  
Elisa Weber ◽  
Gizem Hueluer
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Experience Sampling ◽  
Intimate Relationship ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Affective States ◽  
Heterosexual Couples ◽  
Relationship Partners ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms

Abstract Intimate relationship partners dynamically covary in their affective states. One mechanism through which intimate relationship partners experience and shape each other’s affective states is affect contagion, i.e., the spread of affective states from one person to another. The degree to which social-cognitive processes are involved in affect contagion in daily life remains unclear. The majority of older adults live together with a spouse/partner, and intimate relationships are one of the most important social contexts in their daily lives. Expanding on previous research, we focused on contagion of positive and negative affect between older relationship partners, and examined whether processes of affect contagion were mediated by perceptions of partner affect, i.e., how individuals thought their partners felt at previous moments. We used data from an experience sampling study with 152 older heterosexual couples (304 participants; 65+ years old) who reported on their positive and negative affect, perceptions of their partner’s positive and negative affect, and presence or absence of partners 6 times a day for 14 days. Dyadic multilevel mediation models were used to evaluate our hypotheses. We observed strong evidence that processes of positive affect contagion between partners were mediated by perceptions of partner’s affective states. Negative affect contagion was directed from men to women, but not vice versa, and mediated by perceptions of partner’s affective states. Partner presence was unrelated to processes of affect contagion. Our findings help identify underlying mechanisms of affect contagion and support the notion that perceptions of close others’ emotions might shape our own feelings.

scholarly journals Mindfulness Is Linked with Affectivity in Daily Life: An Experience-Sampling Study with Meditators

Mindfulness ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Tschacher ◽  
Noëmi Lienhard
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Experience Sampling ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Time Lags ◽  
State Mindfulness ◽  
Trait Level ◽  
Lagged Effects ◽  
Mindfulness Facets ◽  
Item Data

Abstract Objectives An increasing number of findings indicate associations between mindfulness and affect as well as mindfulness and stress. Most studies have conceptualized and measured these variables on a trait level, often in student samples or clinical contexts. Methods We adopted an experience-sampling approach to measure mindfulness, affect, and stress repeatedly as states in naturalistic environments. In assessing mindfulness, we factorized items from the trait questionnaire CHIME to conceptualize state mindfulness, finding two mindfulness facets labeled Awareness and Acceptance. Affect was measured using the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, and perceived stress was rated by a single item. Data was gathered by a smartphone app that prompted participants six times a day for 10 consecutive days. Using hierarchical regression, we examined associations at the same time-point as well as with time lags, in order to also elucidate Granger causal relationships. Fifty-six practicing meditators participated in this study. Results Concerning the associations of state mindfulness facets with affectivity at the same time, both Awareness and Acceptance were linked with positive affect and negatively with stress. Negative affect was associated negatively with Acceptance. The lagged analyses suggested the Granger causal interpretation that Acceptance reduced negative affect. We also found reversed lagged effects, in that positive affect attenuated subsequent Awareness and negative affect subsequent Acceptance. Conclusions The bidirectional Granger causal effects between mindfulness and affect challenged a one-sided interpretation of mindfulness-affect associations. One implication for psychotherapy may be to clarify why mindfulness and resilience (i.e., therapists’ hardiness with respect to adversity) are properties of efficient therapists.

Effects of positive and negative affect and emotional suppression on short-term life satisfaction

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katsuyuki Yamasaki ◽  
Megumi Sasaki ◽  
Kanako Uchida ◽  
Lisa Katsuma
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Emotional Suppression

scholarly journals Short-Term Touch-Screen Video Game Playing Improves the Inhibition Ability

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (13) ◽  
pp. 6884
Author(s):  
Boyu Qiu ◽  
Yanrong Chen ◽  
Xu He ◽  
Ting Liu ◽  
Sixian Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Executive Function ◽  
Video Games ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Latent Variable ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Video Game Playing ◽  
Inhibition Ability

There is mixed evidence regarding whether video games affect executive function. The inconsistent results in this area may have to do with researchers’ conceptualizations of executive function as a unified construct or as a set of independent skills. In the current study, 120 university students were randomly assigned to play a video game or to watch a screen record of the video game. They then completed a series of behavioral tasks to assess the shifting, updating and inhibiting subcomponents of executive function. Scores on these tasks were also used as indicators of a component-general latent variable. Results based on analysis of covariance showed that, as predicted, the inhibition subcomponent, but not the updating or the shifting subcomponent, was significantly enhanced after gaming. The component-general executive function was not enhanced after gaming once the results were controlled for other subcomponents. The results were unrelated to participants’ self-reported positive and negative affect. The findings add key evidence to the literature on executive function and potentially contribute to the therapeutic use of video games to maintain executive function in the aged population.

The Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance of Positive and Negative Affect

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 265-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsen Joshanloo ◽  
Ali Bakhshi
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Invariance Testing ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Scalar Invariance ◽  
Gender Groups

Abstract. This study investigated the factor structure and measurement invariance of the Mroczek and Kolarz’s scales of positive and negative affect in Iran (N = 2,391) and the USA (N = 2,154), and across gender groups. The two-factor model of affect was supported across the groups. The results of measurement invariance testing confirmed full metric and partial scalar invariance of the scales across cultural groups, and full metric and full scalar invariance across gender groups. The results of latent mean analysis revealed that Iranians scored lower on positive affect and higher on negative affect than Americans. The analyses also showed that American men scored significantly lower than American women on negative affect. The significance and implications of the results are discussed.

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