Table 2.

The effect of unpleasant events on negative and positive affect, per group and group * unpleasant event interaction

	The Stable group				The Increase group				Interaction effect
	Negative affect		Positive affect		Negative affect		Positive affect		Negative affect		Positive affect
	B	p	B	p	B	P	B	p	B	p	B	p
Lag 0	0.09*	< 0.01	−0.11*	< 0.01	0.11*	< 0.01	−0.15*	< 0.01	0.02	0.34	−0.05	0.19
Lag 1	−0.01	0.62	−0.03	0.30	0.05*	< 0.01	−0.08*	< 0.01	0.05*	0.02	−0.06	0.15
Lag 2	0.02	0.25	0.00	0.87	−0.01	0.62	0.04	0.19	−0.03	0.33	0.03	0.39
Lag 3	0.02	0.38	0.01	0.83	0.04	0.17	−0.01	0.85	0.02	0.59	−0.02	0.72
Lag 4	0.00	0.95	0.00	0.88	0.01	0.70	−0.03	0.44	0.02	0.59	−0.04	0.43

*indicates significant (< 0.05) effect