Table 7.
Multilevel Models Predicting Participant’s Daily Mood From Providing Daily Support to Family Members
| Positive mood | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emotional support | Advice | Practical help | |||||||
| B | SE | p value | B | SE | p value | B | SE | p value | |
| Fixed effects | |||||||||
| Intercept | 2.68 | 0.48 | <.001 | 2.67 | 0.49 | <.001 | 2.72 | 0.49 | <.001 |
| Support given to offspringa | 0.07 | 0.03 | .01 | 0.07 | 0.02 | <.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | .77 |
| Support given to parenta | −0.03 | 0.03 | .32 | −0.01 | 0.03 | .81 | −0.04 | 0.04 | .35 |
| Control variables | |||||||||
| Age | 0.01 | 0.01 | .37 | 0.01 | 0.01 | .38 | 0.01 | 0.01 | .42 |
| Genderb | 0.01 | 0.07 | .93 | 0.00 | 0.07 | .96 | 0.00 | 0.07 | .96 |
| Years of education | −0.04 | 0.02 | .05 | −0.04 | 0.02 | .04 | −0.04 | 0.02 | .05 |
| Healthc | 0.17 | 0.04 | <.001 | 0.18 | 0.04 | <.001 | 0.18 | 0.04 | <.001 |
| Minority statusd | 0.17 | 0.08 | .04 | 0.17 | 0.08 | .04 | 0.16 | 0.08 | .05 |
| Number of children | 0.01 | 0.03 | .83 | 0.01 | 0.03 | .81 | 0.01 | 0.03 | .75 |
| Random effects | |||||||||
| Intercept VAR | 0.21 | 0.02 | <.001 | 0.21 | 0.02 | <.001 | 0.21 | 0.02 | <.001 |
| Residual VAR | 0.13 | 0.01 | <.001 | 0.13 | 0.01 | <.001 | 0.13 | 0.01 | <.001 |
| −2 log-likelihood | 1524.9 | 1523.4 | 1530.3 | ||||||
| Negative mood | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | SE | p value | B | SE | p value | B | SE | p value | |
| Fixed effects | |||||||||
| Intercept | 2.23 | 0.43 | <.001 | 2.16 | 0.42 | <.001 | 2.21 | 0.43 | <.001 |
| Support given to offspringa | 0.02 | 0.02 | .26 | 0.03 | 0.02 | .08 | 0.01 | 0.02 | .57 |
| Support given to parenta | 0.07 | 0.02 | <.01 | 0.06 | 0.03 | .02 | 0.06 | 0.03 | .02 |
| Control variables | |||||||||
| Age | −0.01 | 0.01 | .09 | −0.01 | 0.01 | .12 | −0.01 | 0.01 | .09 |
| Genderb | −0.04 | 0.06 | .56 | −0.03 | 0.06 | .60 | −0.04 | 0.06 | .56 |
| Years of education | 0.00 | 0.02 | .98 | 0.00 | 0.02 | .99 | 0.00 | 0.02 | .96 |
| Healthc | −0.08 | 0.03 | .02 | −0.08 | 0.03 | .02 | −0.08 | 0.03 | .02 |
| Minority statusd | 0.08 | 0.07 | .28 | 0.08 | 0.07 | .28 | 0.07 | 0.07 | .30 |
| Number of children | −0.02 | 0.02 | .52 | −0.02 | 0.02 | .48 | −0.02 | 0.02 | .48 |
| Random effects | |||||||||
| Intercept VAR | 0.17 | 0.02 | <.001 | 0.17 | 0.02 | <.001 | 0.17 | 0.02 | <.001 |
| Residual VAR | 0.07 | 0.00 | <.001 | 0.07 | 0.00 | <.001 | 0.07 | 0.00 | <.001 |
| −2 log-likelihood | 790.0 | 791.6 | 794.5 | ||||||
Note: Participant N = 191; Day N = 1,261. VAR = variance.
aSee the column header for the type of support; Column 1 shows the association between emotional support and positive mood, the next columns show the association between advice and positive mood and so forth.
b0 = female, 1 = male.
c1 = poor, 2 = fair, 3 = good, 4 = very good, 5 = excellent.
d0 = non-Hispanic white, 1 = racial/ethnic minority.