Table 4.
Momentary Stability of Everyday Moral Behaviors and Neutral Language Behaviors
| Sample 1 N = 11 | Sample 2 N = 73 | Sample 3 N = 100 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EAR Variable | r | CIs [95%] | p | r | CIs [95%] | p | stand. b | CIs [95%] | p |
| Moral Behaviors | |||||||||
| Affection | .72* | [.28; .91] | .005 | .82* | [.73; .89] | <.001 | .74* | [.58; .91] | <.001 |
| Gratitude | .21 | [−.38; .68] | >.250 | .14 | [−.09; .36] | .229 | .26* | [.08; .44] | .004 |
| Praise / Compliment | .21 | [−.38; .68] | >.250 | .53* | [.34; .68] | <.001 | .33* | [.11; .54] | .003 |
| Sympathy / Concern | .56* | [.02; .85] | .044 | .80* | [.70; .87] | <.001 | .50* | [.33; .67] | <.001 |
| Help / Support | .62* | [.10; .87] | .024 | .90* | [.85; .94] | <.001 | .38* | [.27; .50] | <.001 |
| Apologize | −.10 | [−.62; .48] | >.250 | .89* | [.83; .93] | <.001 | .30* | [.11; .50] | .002 |
| Hope / Optimism | .68* | [.20; .90] | .011 | .77* | [.66; .85] | <.001 | .11 | [−.06; .28] | .190 |
| Sarcasm | .16 | [−.43; .65] | >.250 | .36* | [.14; .54] | .002 | .01 | [−.19; .21] | >.250 |
| Brag | .20 | [−.40; .68] | >.250 | .32* | [.10; .51] | .005 | .03 | [−.21; .26] | >.250 |
| Condescending / Arrogant | .60* | [.08; .87] | .029 | .83* | [.74; .89] | <.001 | .55* | [.36; .74] | <.001 |
| Complain / Whine | .70* | [.24; .90] | .008 | .86* | [.78; .91] | <.001 | .68* | [.55; .80] | <.001 |
| Criticism | .49 | [−.09; .82] | .091 | .73* | [.61; .83] | <.001 | .73* | [.54; .91] | <.001 |
| Blame | −.04 | [−.58; .52] | >.250 | .52* | [.33; .67] | <.001 | .18 | [−.05; .40] | .119 |
| Pessimism | .38 | [−.22; .77] | .206 | .61* | [.45; .74] | <.001 | .08* | [−.21; .36] | >.250 |
| Average | .42 | - | - | .71 | - | - | .38 | - | - |
| Neutral Language Behaviors | |||||||||
| Article | −.13 | [−.68; .51] | >.250 | .66* | [.50; .77] | <.001 | .29* | [.11; .48] | .002 |
| Preposition | .51 | [−.13; .85] | .110 | .85* | [.78; .91] | <.001 | .32* | [.14; .50] | .001 |
| Adverb | −.12 | [−.67; .52] | >.250 | .64* | [.48; 76] | <.001 | .50* | [.34; .67] | <.001 |
| Space | .28 | [−.39; .75] | >.250 | .57* | [.39; .71] | <.001 | .11 | [−.09; .31] | >.250 |
| Time | .25 | [−.41; .74] | >.250 | .64* | [.48; .76] | <.001 | .13 | [−.07; .32] | .203 |
| Number | .82* | [.44; .95] | .002 | .51* | [.32; .66] | <.001 | .37* | [.17; .56] | <.001 |
| Average | .32 | - | - | .66 | - | - | .29 | - | - |
Note.
*
p < .05, two-tailed. Momentary stability is the relationship between the aggregate of odd files and the aggregate of even files. Odd and even files were separately aggregated in each sample and then correlated. In Sample 3, momentary stability was calculated using APIM to account for the dependency of partners (standardized effect estimates are provided).