Emotional Variability Predicts Tiredness in Daily Life: An Experience Sampling Study
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Abstract. Intraindividual variability, along with the more frequently studied between-person variability, has been argued to be one of the basic building blocks of emotional experience. The aim of the current study is to examine whether intraindividual variability in affect predicts tiredness in daily life. Intraindividual variability in affect was studied with the experience sampling method in a group of 110 participants (aged between 19 and 84 years) during 14 consecutive days on seven randomly determined occasions per day. The results suggest that affect variability is a stable construct over time and situations. Our findings also demonstrate that intraindividual variability in affect has a unique role in predicting increased levels of tiredness at the momentary level as well at the level of individuals.
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Most studies of intra-individual emotion variability fail to consider gender or attempt to statistically control for it.
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- Authors
- Mill, A., Realo, A., & Allik, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Tartu (EE)
- University of Warwick (GB)
- Department of Psychology, University of Tartu, Estonia
- ORCID
- Realo, Anu
- Venue
- Journal of Individual Differences
- Publisher
- Hogrefe Publishing Group
- Published
- 2016-07
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 181-193
- ISSN
- 1614-0001 (ISSN-L)
- 2151-2299
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- W2527297093
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- 6
- References
- 54
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- 2026: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1
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- journal article
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- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Individual Differences (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Keywords
- emotional variability, fatigue, everyday life, momentary affect, within-person variability
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