Longitudinal and Diary Methods to Study Age and Work

Age and Work ◽  
2022 ◽  
pp. 169-185
Author(s):  
Mo Wang ◽  
Yanran Fang
Keyword(s):  
Diary Methods

Attachment Anxiety Mitigates the Well-Being Costs of Object Attachment

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-56
Author(s):  
Lucas A. Keefer ◽  
Zachary K. Rothschild
Keyword(s):  
Past Research ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Attachment Anxiety ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Personality Research ◽  
Psychological Correlates ◽  
State Study ◽  
Object Attachment ◽  
Diary Methods ◽  
State Variation

Abstract. Clinical and personality research consistently demonstrates that people can form unhealthy and problematic attachments to material possessions. To better understand this tendency, the current paper extends past research demonstrating that anxieties about other people motivate these attachments. These findings suggest that although object attachment generally correlates with poorer well-being, it may attenuate well-being deficits associated with insecurity about close relationships. The current paper presents two studies using converging correlational ( N = 394) and diary methods ( N = 413) to test whether object attachments’ association with poorer well-being is moderated by relationship uncertainties. We find that both trait (Study 1) and state (Study 2) insecurities about others eliminated, and in some cases reversed, the negative psychological correlates of object attachment. These effects, however, were only observed when focusing on between-person variation in both studies; within-person analysis demonstrated that state variation in object attachment predicted better psychological well-being. These results highlight a need for more nuanced studies of object attachment and well-being.

Mobile Diary Methods in Studying Daily Family Life

2015 ◽  
pp. 372-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaisa Malinen ◽  
Anna Rönkä ◽  
Eija Sevón
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
User Friendliness ◽  
Family Research ◽  
Diary Data ◽  
Diary Method ◽  
Diary Methods

This chapter introduces a mobile diary data collection tool and discusses its use in the field of family research. Although the mobile diary method is a newcomer in the field of family research, its history is rooted in the larger context of the development of methods for investigating daily life. Mobile phones offer several advantages for studying daily family dynamics: user friendliness, cost-effectiveness, the ability to capture daily emotions, interactions and significant moments, and data reliability and validity. Mobile diaries utilize various mobile phone services, including SMSs and applications, and they are increasingly used also with children. The benefits of mobile diaries in family interventions include their ability to elicit reflection and help clients to keep the aim of the intervention in mind. The future possibilities of mobile diaries in family research and interventions are discussed later in this chapter.

Solicited Diary Methods

2019 ◽  
pp. 1447-1464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Milligan ◽  
Ruth Bartlett
Keyword(s):  
Diary Methods

Drink (Socially) and Be Merry: Predicting Enjoyment and Self-Perceptions From Alcohol Consumption Among College Students

2020 ◽  
pp. 216769682094978
Author(s):  
Hannah R. Hamilton ◽  
Stephen Armeli ◽  
Howard Tennen
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Daily Diary ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Diary Methods

Although many college students view drinking as a means of gaining a community and being social, research has not established whether alcohol consumption influences students’ enjoyment and perceptions of how others view them or how this may differ based on the social or solitary nature of that consumption. The current study used online daily diary methods to examine the association between alcohol consumption and enjoyment and self-perceptions at the within- and between-person levels of analysis. Results indicated that undergraduate students ( N = 877, 52% female) enjoyed their evenings more when they consumed more than their typical number of drinks with others but enjoyed evenings less when they consumed more than their typical number of drinks alone. In addition, consuming greater than their average number of drinks with others (but not alone) was related to feeling more social and attractive but less competent. These findings further highlight the distinct nature of social and solitary drinking and demonstrate positive outcomes of social alcohol consumption that may contribute to college alcohol consumption.

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