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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 18.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Dev. 2017 Oct 20;27(2):431–446. doi: 10.1111/sode.12269

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics and example items for daily diary measures

Variable M (SD) Autocorrelation b (SE) Cronbach’s α Most highly endorsed items
Risky Families Questionnaire 2.12 (.69) -- .87

  1. How often would you say there was quarreling, arguing, or shouting between your parents?

  2. How often would you say there was quarreling, arguing, or shouting between a parent and you?
Social Behaviors
 Aggression 1.05 (2.99) .37** (.02) .88

  1. Was mean to others.

  2. Spread rumors or gossiped about someone.
 Reassurance-seeking 1.77 (3.36) .35** (.02) .74

  1. Posted something on social media or checked for responses to see whether others like me.

  2. Sought reassurance from people I feel close to as to whether they really care about me.
 Withdrawal 1.61 (3.30) .31** (.02) .89

  1. Felt like being alone rather than spending time with others.

  2. Avoided someone
 Positive social behavior 6.40 (5.87) .34** (.02) .86

  1. Showed affection toward someone else.

  2. Sent or received an enjoyable letter/email/phone call from someone
Social Stressors 1.61 (3.97) .13** (.02) .85

  1. Someone teased or made fun of me.

  2. I was criticized by someone.
Negative Affect 15.98 (6.23) .26** (.03) .93

  1. distressed

  2. nervous

Note. The autocorrelation for each daily measure represents the lag1 (i.e., dayt-1 to dayt) autocorrelation and indicates the amount of consistency or reliability in the measure across days of the study.

Note.

*

p < .05;

**

p < .01