Table 1.
A summary of the samples used in Study 1.
| Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Sample 3 | Sample 4 | Sample 5 | Sample 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | M = 150; F = 122 | M = 580; F = 1200 | M = 133; F = 272 | M = 5; F = 31 | M = 26; F = 13 | M = 40; F = 66 |
| Age | Mean 42.0 (SD = 10.4) | Mode 46–50 (21.3%) | Mode = 31–40 (35%) | Mean = 34.0 | Mean = 25.9 years | Mode = 21–30 (43%) |
| Industry sector | Manufacturing and local government | University workers | Utilities (energy), journalism and publishing, charity sector, insurance, airline, consultancy, university sector | Human resource department in a hospital | Graduates at multinational blue-chip technology firm | Finance and accountancy, architecture, media, insurance, charity sector, university sector |
| Purpose (and reference) of original study | Examining beliefs about stressors’ relationships with a range of variables including AWB (Daniels et al., 2002) | Validation of Daniels’ (2000) scales (Harris and Daniels, 2005) | Examining how strategies for dealing with email relate to well-being ratings (Russell, 2013) | Examining how beliefs about stressors relate to affective well-being (Harris and Daniels, 2005) | Examining convergent validity of 20-item PANAS with 10-item D-FAW (sample unique to this article) | Examining AWB after dealing with naturally occurring email interruptions (part inclusion in Russell et al., 2017) |
| Number of participants (N) | 244 | 1794 | 405 (340 after missing data) | 36 | 39 | 106 |
| Number of cases (multilevel only) (n) | N/A | N/A | N/A | 284 | 567 (3 times daily for 10 days; some missing data) |
965 (after dealing with each email interruption over one study period) |
| Number of items (D-FAW) | 10 | 10 (extracted from 30-item) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Sampling method | Entire workforce of selected departments (response rate 38%) | Entire workforce of organization (response rate 58%) | Opportunity (response rate: unavailable) | Opportunity (response rate: 77%) | Opportunity (response rate: 85% from original agreement to participate) | Opportunity (response rate: 79% from original agreement to participate) |
| Focal instruction (How you feel/felt …) | Over the past week | Over the past week | Over the past week | Today | Right now, at the present moment | Right now, at the present moment |
| Affect Focus | Summative | Summative | Summative | Summative | Momentary | Momentary (event-specific) |
M = male; F = female; SD = standard deviation; N/A = not available; D-FAW = Daniels five-factor measure of affective well-being; PANAS = positive and negative affect schedule; AWB = affective well-being.