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A coordinated analysis of variance in affect in daily life

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Scott, Stacey B., Sliwinski, Martin J., Zawadzki, Matthew, Stawski, Robert S., Kim, Jinhyuk, Marcusson-Clavertz, David, Lanza, Stephanie T., Conroy, David E. +3 more·2020·Assessment

Abstract

Despite widespread interest in variance in affect, basic questions remain pertaining to the relative proportions of between-person and within-person variance, the contribution of days and moments, and the reliability of these estimates. We addressed these questions by decomposing negative affect and positive affect variance across three levels (person, day, moment), and calculating reliability using a coordinated analysis of seven daily diary, ecological momentary assessment (EMA), and diary-EMA hybrid studies (across studies age = 18-84 years, total N persons = 2,103, total N observations = 45,065). Across studies, within-person variance was sizeable (negative affect: 45% to 66%, positive affect: 25% to 74%); in EMA more within-person variance was attributable to momentary rather than daily level. Reliability was adequate to high at all levels of analysis (within-person: .73-.91; between-person: .96-1.00) despite different items and designs. We discuss the implications of these results for the design of future intensive studies of affect variance.

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  • The affect items were derived from previous personalized sensing studies and a review of affect measurement in previous EMA studies to increase comparability with existing literature.

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Scott, S. B., Sliwinski, M. J., Zawadzki, M., Stawski, R. S., Kim, J., Marcusson-Clavertz, D., Lanza, S. T., Conroy, D. E., Buxton, O., Almeida, D. M., & Smyth, J. M.
Affiliations
  • Stony Brook University (US)
  • Pennsylvania State University (US)
  • University of California, Merced (US)
  • Oregon State University (US)
  • Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
Corresponding author
Scott, Stacey B.
Venue
Assessment
Published
2018-09-09
Volume
27
Issue
8
Pages
1683-1698
ISSN
  • 1073-1911 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-3489
OpenAlex
W2891573817
Cited by
115
References
42
Citations by year
2026: 15 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 1
FWCI
12.12
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Assessment (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Gallup Organization
  • Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Opportunity Network
  • Leonard and Sylvia Marx Foundation
  • Czap Foundation
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01 HL067990, R01 HL109340, R01HL107240)
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U01HD051217, U01HD051218, U01HD051256, U01HD051276, U01HD059773)
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (U01OH008788)
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH) Science of Behavior Change Common Fund Program (UH2-AG052167)
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
  • National Institute on Aging (CTSA 1UL1TR001073, P01 AG020166, P01 AG03949, R01 AG019239, R01 AG039409, R01 AG042595, U01AG027669)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Emotion and Mood Recognition
Keywords
within-person variance, negative affect, positive affect, everyday life, ecological momentary assessment, daily diary, reliability statistics, intensive longitudinal data
MeSH terms
Ecological Momentary Assessment, Adolescent, Adult, Affect, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Analysis of Variance, Humans, Middle Aged, Reproducibility of Results, Young Adult

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