Table 1.
Social contexts (M ± SD % of prompts) of most intense affect reported for the prior hour.
| Social context | Affect type | Control (N = 121) | Remitted (N = 168) | Currently depressed (N = 28) | Group F-statistic | Partial η2 |
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| In private | Negative | 57.0 ± 23.3 | 59.5 ± 25.8 | 68.3 ± 25.6 | 2.87 | 0.01 |
| Positive | 60.3 ± 21.4 | 64.7 ± 25.4 | 70.3 ± 23.7 | 2.63 | 0.01 | |
| In public | Negative | 45.0 ± 23.4 | 42.0 ± 25.7 | 32.6 ± 25.9 | 3.38* D v C | 0.01 |
| Positive | 42.0 ± 21.6 | 37.6 ± 25.0 | 31.3 ± 24.3 | 2.91 | 0.01 | |
| Alone | Negative | 38.7 ± 23.5 | 35.4 ± 26.2 | 36.7 ± 25.9 | 0.64 | <0.01 |
| Positive | 32.2 ± 21.5 | 28.8 ± 25.4 | 38.3 ± 26.1 | 2.05 | 0.01 | |
| Family/significant other | Negative | 31.5 ± 21.8 | 37.6 ± 27.9 | 44.7 ± 34.5 | 3.63* D v C | 0.01 |
| Positive | 38.4 ± 23.1 | 45.0 ± 30.0 | 43.1 ± 31.1 | 2.22 | 0.01 | |
| Acquaintance | Negative | 20.9 ± 21.7 | 21.4 ± 23.3 | 18.1 ± 21.7 | 0.36 | <0.01 |
| Positive | 21.0 ± 21.3 | 22.6 ± 23.7 | 15.7 ± 19.7 | 1.50 | 0.01 | |
| Friend | Negative | 10.9 ± 11.2 | 7.2 ± 12.4 | 6.5 ± 10.2 | 3.47* R v C | 0.01 |
| Positive | 15.0 ± 14.8 | 10.8 ± 14.7 | 8.6 ± 12.2 | 4.65** R v C | 0.02 | |
| Stranger | Negative | 9.4 ± 12.7 | 7.2 ± 12.6 | 5.5 ± 9.1 | 1.51 | 0.01 |
| Positive | 6.8 ± 9.0 | 4.5 ± 9.3 | 4.4 ± 6.4 | 1.14 | 0.01 | |
Note. Means and standard deviations represent the proportion of prompts in which peak affect (“worst” for NA; “best” for PA) was observed across different social contexts.
*
p < .05
**
p < .01 of group in context-by-affect slices of a mixed effects, full factorial model. Post-hoc comparisons (D = currently depressed, R = remitted, C = control) are significant at p < .05.