Table 3.
Multilevel Models Examining Daily Affect
| Positive affect | Negative affect | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 1 | Model 2 | |
| b (SE) | b (SE) | b (SE) | b (SE) | |
| Intercept | 18.084 (0.296)* | 18.049 (0.297)* | 7.965 (0.296)* | 7.982 (0.295)* |
| RM lapse | −0.262 (0.239) | −0.459 (0.261) | 0.245 (0.269) | 0.472 (0.293) |
| PM lapse | −0.801 (0.25)* | −0.704 (0.254)* | 1.241 (0.281)* | 1.171 (0.286)* |
| Age | 0.048 (0.018)* | 0.04 (0.019)* | −0.061 (0.018)* | −0.057 (0.019)* |
| RM × Age | — | 0.03 (0.014)* | — | −0.028 (0.016) |
| PM × Age | — | 0.005 (0.016) | — | 0.012 (0.018) |
| Employment status (ref = employed) | −0.29 (0.608) | −0.258 (0.609) | 1.184 (0.604) | 1.164 (0.602) |
| Depression | −0.079 (0.031)* | −0.08 (0.031)* | 0.131 (0.031)* | 0.132 (0.031)* |
| Ethnicity (ref = Caucasian) | −0.735 (0.315)* | −0.721 (0.316)* | 0.886 (0.313)* | 0.877 (0.312) |
| Education | 0.21 (0.112) | 0.205 (0.112) | −0.034 (0.111) | −0.028 (0.111) |
| Self-rated health | 0.482 (0.335) | 0.444 (0.336) | 0.111 (0.333) | 0.14 (0.332) |
| Stress exposure | −0.481 (0.13)* | −0.454 (0.131)* | 1.182 (0.148)* | 1.155 (0.149)* |
| Gender (ref = women) | 0.004 (0.565) | −0.022 (0.566) | −0.431 (0.561) | −0.408 (0.559) |
| Pseudo-R2 | .006 | .005 | .022 | .027 |
Note: PM = Prospective memory; RM = Retrospective memory. All estimates reported as unstandardized bs. Model 1—main effects of memory lapses and age, Model 2—interactions of memory lapses and age.
*p < .05.