Table 3.
Descriptive statistics for all daily measures for Study 3.
| Daily Measure | # Daily reports | Intercept | Variance | Reliability | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Within | Between | ||||
| Nostalgia | 2723 | 2.69 | 1.47 | 1.45 | .90 |
| Daily events | |||||
| Positive social events | 2724 | .88 | .38 | .22 | |
| Negative social events | 2723 | .31 | .14 | .08 | |
| Positive achievement events | 2724 | .73 | .29 | .15 | |
| Negative achievement events | 2724 | .62 | .24 | .14 | |
| Nostalgia events | 2721 | .63 | .49 | .17 | |
| Social media active | 2703 | 1.77 | .36 | .41 | |
| Social media passive | 2702 | 3.52 | .92 | 1.54 | |
| Helping | 2028 | .25 | .09 | .07 | |
| Temporal Thoughts | |||||
| Past | 2722 | 3.86 | 3.51 | 1.96 | |
| Present | 2722 | 5.93 | 3.06 | 2.05 | |
| Future | 2721 | 5.86 | 3.72 | 2.00 | |
| Well-being and relevant measures | |||||
| Positive activated affect | 2722 | 3.72 | 1.33 | 1.11 | .84 |
| Positive deactivated affect | 2722 | 3.66 | 1.13 | 1.01 | .85 |
| Negative activated affect | 2722 | 3.04 | 1.21 | .75 | .67 |
| Negative deactivated affect | 2724 | 2.31 | 1.05 | .86 | .79 |
| Loneliness | 2721 | 2.31 | 1.23 | 1.26 | .81 |
| Satisfaction with life | 2016 | 4.58 | 1.42 | .99 | |
| Meaning (presence) | 2723 | 3.76 | 1.46 | 1.53 | .86 |
| Meaning (search) | 2723 | 2.67 | 1.28 | 1.38 | .88 |
| Self-esteem | 1321 | 4.98 | .93 | .99 | .52 |
| Inspiration | 2721 | 3.19 | 2.00 | 1.17 | .90 |
| Optimism | 1321 | 4.30 | 1.24 | 1.45 | .82 |
| Regret | 1321 | 3.19 | 1.14 | .99 | .64 |
| Rumination | 695 | 3.02 | 1.46 | .93 | .79 |
| Reflection | 695 | 3.59 | 1.43 | 1.25 | .63 |
Note: Reliability statistics were not calculated for single item measures or for daily events as we did not expect them to be internally consistent as suggested by Stone, Kessler, and Haythomthwatte (1991).