Table 2.
Results of multilevel analyses testing the effects of age and time of day on daily emotion.
| Fixed effects estimates | Intercept | Age | Age2 | Time of Day | Time × Age | Time × Age2 | Health | Fluency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POSITIVE | ||||||||
| Happy | 4.7056 (0.1309) | 0.0140 (0.0048)** | 0.0000 (0.0003) | −0.0063 (0.0496) | −0.0005 (0.0018) | 0.0003 (0.0000)** | −0.5137 (0.1347)** | −0.1205 (0.0886) |
| Content | 4.8204 (0.1281) | 0.0153 (0.0047)** | 0.0002 (0.0003) | −0.0716 (0.0525) | −0.0027 (0.0019) | 0.0002 (0.0001)* | −0.4009 (0.1315)** | 0.0078 (0.0865) |
| Calm | 4.9099 (0.1225) | 0.0151 (0.0045)** | 0.0000 (0.0002) | −0.0903 (0.0575) | −0.0023 (0.0020) | 0.0002 (0.0001)+ | −0.3326 (0.1248)** | 0.0381 (0.0821) |
| Relaxed | 4.8582 (0.1267) | 0.0205 (0.0047)** | −0.0004 (0.0003) | −0.0944 (0.0591) | −0.0086 (0.0021)** | 0.0004 (0.0001)** | −0.3029 (0.1291)* | 0.0262 (0.0850) |
| Enthusiastic | 4.0590 (0.1472) | 0.0225 (0.0054)** | −0.0002 (0.0003) | −0.5139 (0.0576)** | 0.0050 (0.0020)* | 0.0003 (0.0001)* | −0.4827 (0.1513)** | −0.0713 (0.0995) |
| Excited | 3.5770 (0.1492) | 0.0048 (0.0055) | 0.0000 (0.0003) | −0.3560 (0.0587)** | 0.0040 (0.0021)+ | 0.0000 (0.0001) | −0.4265 (0.1534)** | −0.1834 (0.1009)+ |
| Proud | 3.9011 (0.1827) | 0.0062 (0.0067) | −0.0003 (0.0004) | 0.1625 (0.0410)** | −0.0044 (0.0018)* | 0.0000 (0.0001) | −0.2324 (0.1897) | −0.3412 (0.1248)* |
| NEGATIVE | ||||||||
| Sad | 1.5833 (0.0912) | −0.0022 (0.0034) | −0.0003 (0.0002) | 0.1346 (0.0423)** | −0.0027 (0.0015)+ | −0.0002 (0.0000)+ | 0.0761 (0.0930) | 0.0432 (0.0612) |
| Bored | 1.4836 (0.0919) | −0.0068 (0.0034)* | 0.0000 (0.0002) | 0.1050 (0.0390)** | −0.0021 (0.0014) | 0.0000 (0.0000) | 0.0268 (0.0941) | −0.0327 (0.0619) |
| Fatigued | 2.4868 (0.1453) | −0.0145 (0.0053)** | 0.0000 (0.0003) | 0.6548 (0.0705)** | −0.0006 (0.0025) | 0.0003 (0.0001)* | 0.5508 (0.1478)** | 0.1630 (0.0972) + |
| Anxious | 2.3964 (0.1396) | −0.0065 (0.0051) | 0.0000 (0.0003) | −0.1869 (0.0573)** | 0.0017 (0.0020) | 0.0000 (0.0001) | 0.0250 (0.1432) | −0.0698 (0.0942) |
| Angry | 1.3914 (0.0703) | −0.0047 (0.0026)+ | −0.0002 (0.0001) | 0.1341 (0.0420)** | −0.0015 (0.0015) | −0.0001 (0.0000) | 0.1044 (0.0703) | −0.0590 (0.0463) |
| Lonely | 1.6722 (0.1276) | −0.0029 (0.0047) | −0.0001 (0.0003) | 0.0540 (0.0427) | −0.0011 (0.0015) | 0.0000 (0.0000) | 0.0802 (0.1319) | −0.0626 (0.0868) |
| Regretful | 1.7191 (0.1002) | −0.0052 (0.0037) | −0.0004 (0.0002)+ | 0.0021 (0.0431) | −0.0005 (0.0015) | 0.0000 (0.0000) | 0.1490 (0.1026) | −0.0062 (0.0675) |
Unstandardized estimates are presented with standard errors in parentheses. Age is centered at age 54 years; Time of day coded 0 for morning, and 1 for evening; Physical health and verbal fluency Z-scored.
+
p < 0.10;
*
p < 0.05;
**
p < 0.01.