Table 2.
Multilevel Models Predicting Daily Negative Mood From Daily Experiences With Adult Children
| Predictors | B | SE |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed effects | ||
| Intercept | 1.31*** | 0.19 |
| Children suffering problems | ||
| Positive encountersa | ||
| No child | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| More than one child | −0.08* | 0.04 |
| Stressful encountersa | ||
| No child | −0.14*** | 0.04 |
| More than one child | 0.34*** | 0.09 |
| Stressful thoughtsa | ||
| No child | −0.05* | 0.02 |
| More than one child | 0.07 | 0.04 |
| Children not suffering problems | ||
| Positive encountersa | ||
| No child | −0.00 | 0.02 |
| More than one child | −0.03 | 0.03 |
| Stressful encountersa | ||
| No child | −0.04 | 0.04 |
| More than one child | 0.11 | 0.16 |
| Stressful thoughtsa | ||
| No child | −0.05 | 0.03 |
| More than one child | −0.03 | 0.05 |
| Controls | ||
| Prior day negative mood | 0.40*** | 0.02 |
| Parent: Age | −0.00 | 0.00 |
| Parent: Maleb | −0.04 | 0.03 |
| Parent: Years of education | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Parent: Self-rated healthc | −0.03* | 0.01 |
| Parent: Minorityd | −0.00 | 0.03 |
| Parent: Number of children | −0.01 | 0.01 |
| Random effects | ||
| Intercept variance | 0.02** | 0.01 |
| Residual variance | 0.06*** | 0.00 |
| −2 log-likelihood | 487.9 | |
Notes: Parent N = 247; Person-day N = 1,631 (maximum number of days per participant = 7).
aReference category = one child.
b0 = female, 1 = male.
c1 = poor to 5 = excellent.
d0 = non-Hispanic white, 1 = racial minority.
*p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001.