Table 3.
Rank-Order Stability of Everyday Moral Behaviors and Neutral Language Behaviors
| Sample 1 N = 11 | Sample 2 N = 73 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EAR Variable | r | CIs [95%] | p | r | CIs [95%] | p |
| Moral Behaviors | ||||||
| Affection | .64* | [.06; .90] | .035 | .58* | [.41; .72] | <.001 |
| Gratitude | .17 | [−.48; .70] | >.250 | .05 | [−.18; .27] | >.250 |
| Praise / Compliment | −.37 | [−.79; .30] | >.250 | .30* | [.08; .50] | .010 |
| Sympathy / Concern | .67* | [.12; .91] | .023 | .55* | [.37; .69] | <.001 |
| Help / Support | .47 | [−.18; .84] | .143 | .83* | [.74; .89] | <.001 |
| Apologize | .35 | [−.31; .79] | >.250 | .84* | [.76; .90] | <.001 |
| Hope / Optimism | .76* | [.29; .93] | .007 | .58* | [.40; .71] | <.001 |
| Sarcasm | .03 | [−.58; .62] | >.250 | .25* | [.02; .46] | .031 |
| Brag | .24 | [−.42; .74] | >.250 | .01 | [−.22; .24] | >.250 |
| Condescending / Arrogant | .75* | [.27; .93] | .008 | .51* | [.31; .66] | <.001 |
| Complain / Whine | .78* | [.33; .94] | .005 | .78* | [.67; .86] | <.001 |
| Criticism | .70* | [.17; .92] | .017 | .58* | [.41; .72] | <.001 |
| Blame | .08 | [−.55; .65] | >.250 | .34* | [.12; .53] | .003 |
| Pessimism | .63* | [.05; .89] | .037 | .47* | [.27; .63] | <.001 |
| Average | .47 | - | - | .52 | - | - |
| Neutral Language Behaviors | ||||||
| Article | .28 | [−.38; .75] | >.250 | .35* | [.13; .54] | .002 |
| Preposition | .47 | [−.18; .84] | .141 | .51* | [.32; .66] | <.001 |
| Adverb | −.22 | [−.72; .44] | >.250 | .36* | [.14; .54] | .002 |
| Space | −.13 | [−.68; .51] | >.250 | .32* | [.10; .52] | .005 |
| Time | .47 | [−.18; .83] | .147 | .53* | [.34; .67] | <.001 |
| Number | .56 | [−.05; .87] | .070 | .57* | [.39; .70] | <.001 |
| Average | .26 | - | - | .45 | - | - |
Note.
*
p < .05, two-tailed. Rank-order stability is the correlation between the aggregate of the first weekend and the aggregate of the second weekend (approximately 4 weeks [Sample 1] and 10 weeks [Sample 2] apart).