Table 1.
Mean affect rating |
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Positive affect | Negative affect | Fatigue | Meaning | Boredom | Loneliness | Pain | Proportion rated as pleasant (vs. unpleasant) | Mean hours/day | Number of people rating | Proportion of sample reporting | |
What were you doing? | |||||||||||
Sports | 4.48W | 0.28 | 0.62 | 2.57 | 0.27 | 0.22 | 0.81 | .99 | 1.93 | 79 | .12 |
Praying/worship/meditation | 4.38 | 0.34 | 0.50 | 5.23 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 1.00 | 0.89 | 14 | .02 |
Intimate relations | 4.33 | 0.15 | 1.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 1.54 | 4 | .01 |
Socializing with friends | 4.05 | 0.38 | 1.18 | 2.09 | 0.43 | 0.24 | 0.39 | .99 | 3.07 | 113 | .17 |
Caring for pets | 3.78 | 0.34 | 1.01 | 1.81 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.68 | .99 | 0.97 | 75 | .11 |
Caring for children | 3.73 | 0.62 | 1.45 | 2.32M | 0.42 | 0.28 | 0.38 | .98 | 1.86 | 162 | .16 |
Other | 3.38 | 0.69 | 1.19W | 2.27 | 0.50 | 0.39 | 0.72 | .89 | 2.04 | 364 | .41 |
Gardening | 3.25 | 0.39 | 0.68 | 2.04 | 0.23M | 0.19 | 0.73 | .93 | 1.93 | 71 | .10 |
Relaxing | 3.12 | 0.47 | 2.10 | 1.61 | 0.56 | 0.60 | 0.60 | .99 | 1.64 | 238 | .30 |
Eating | 3.08 | 0.37 | 1.11 | 1.39 | 0.46 | 0.41 | 0.59 | .99 | 0.60 | 976 | .89 |
Reading | 3.06 | 0.30M | 1.04 | 1.82 | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.62 | .99 | 1.05 | 171 | .24 |
On the phone | 2.89 | 0.90 | 0.98 | 1.66 | 0.27 | 0.37 | 0.43 | .90 | 0.64 | 59 | .12 |
Cooking | 2.88 | 0.41 | 1.26 | 1.38 | 0.47 | 0.42M | 0.56 | .95 | 0.59 | 436 | .52 |
Computer/internet | 2.87M | 0.52 | 1.10W | 1.44 | 0.63 | 0.37 | 0.37 | .96 | 1.70 | 192 | .24 |
Working/studying | 2.79 | 1.13 | 1.49 | 2.22 | 0.64 | 0.34 | 0.55 | .86 | 5.79 | 384 | .41 |
Watching TV | 2.74 | 0.43 | 1.79 | 1.10 | 0.80 | 0.57 | 0.63W | .98 | 2.27 | 581 | .72 |
Commuting (leisure) | 2.70 | 0.52 | 1.52 | 1.24 | 0.60 | 0.42 | 0.48 | .94 | 1.36 | 190 | .22 |
Resting/napping | 2.69 | 0.39 | 3.04 | 1.23 | 0.77 | 0.57 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 1.54 | 204 | .29 |
Getting ready | 2.35 | 0.42 | 2.10 | 1.17 | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.67 | .95 | 0.38 | 760 | .88 |
Shopping | 2.26 | 0.54 | 1.00W | 0.91 | 0.58 | 0.26 | 0.58 | .91 | 1.29 | 220 | .31 |
Commuting (work/study) | 2.21 | 0.76 | 1.93 | 1.27 | 0.67 | 0.46 | 0.48 | .86 | 0.98 | 390 | .37 |
Housework | 2.14 | 0.51 | 1.26 | 1.20 | 0.65M | 0.49 | 0.78 | .77 | 1.27 | 433 | .50 |
Doctor appointment | 1.34M | 0.73 | 0.84 | 1.43 | 0.76 | 0.32 | 1.35 | .65 | 1.50 | 37 | .07 |
Who were you with? | |||||||||||
Friends | 3.72 | 0.44 | 1.19 | 2.01 | 0.45 | 0.23 | 0.50 | .96 | 2.56 | 236 | – |
Parents/relatives | 3.40 | 0.60 | 1.40 | 1.54 | 0.55 | 0.32 | 0.53 | .97 | 1.63 | 166 | – |
Your children | 3.39 | 0.57 | 1.58 | 1.92 | 0.40M | 0.27 | 0.41 | .96 | 1.36 | 392 | – |
Supervisor/teacher/trainer | 3.23 | 1.23 | 1.86 | 2.72 | 0.71 | 0.27 | 0.45 | .92 | 7.06 | 74 | – |
Partner/spouse | 3.14 | 0.43 | 1.36W | 1.58 | 0.50 | 0.28 | 0.63 | .96 | 1.35 | 1096 | – |
Other | 3.07 | 0.63 | 1.11 | 2.39 | 0.47 | 0.29 | 0.71 | .89 | 2.43 | 169 | – |
Clients/customers/students | 2.93 | 1.14 | 1.56 | 2.30 | 0.79 | 0.25 | 0.22 | .84 | 5.85 | 86 | – |
Colleague | 2.76 | 1.17 | 1.64 | 2.08 | 0.56 | 0.32 | 0.51 | .89 | 5.49 | 281 | – |
Nobody | 2.55 | 0.49 | 1.57W | 1.30 | 0.58M | 0.54 | 0.64 | .93 | 1.08 | 1895 | – |
Where were you | |||||||||||
At home | 2.83 | 0.44 | 1.53W | 1.44 | 0.53M | 0.45 | 0.65 | .95 | 1.14 | 2146 | – |
Somewhere else | 2.80 | 0.59 | 1.37 | 1.52 | 0.55 | 0.34 | 0.51 | .91 | 1.60 | 1101 | – |
At work | 2.80 | 1.14 | 1.51W | 2.01 | 0.65 | 0.39 | 0.57 | .87 | 5.49 | 335 | – |
Duration-weighted mean | 2.91 | 0.59 | 1.44W | 1.60 | 0.58 | 0.42 | 0.62 | – | – | – | – |
% time > 0 | 95% | 55% | 53% | 53% | 28% | 20% | 25% | – | – | – | – |
Note: Superscripts M and W indicate significant (p < .05) gender differences in emotional ratings:
= women rated higher than men;
= men rated higher than women.