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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2020 May 14;120(1):99–130. doi: 10.1037/pspi0000245

Table 2.

Descriptive Information for Primary Study 1 and 2 Variables

Study 1 Study 2
Mean SD Mean SD
Trust 7.75 1.75 6.23 2.10
Daily unexpected romantic partner behavior 0.24 0.43 0.41 0.59
Daily unexpected child behavior -- -- 0.31 0.45
Daily partner accepting behavior 0.98 0.86 0.63 0.56
Daily perceptions of partner acceptance 5.86 1.23 4.50 1.33
Daily perceptions of child acceptance -- -- 0.69 0.46
Daily communal behavior toward romantic partner 1.03 1.06 0.64 0.54
Daily communal behavior toward children -- -- 0.17 0.30
Daily perceptions of romantic relationship quality 5.93 1.08 5.64 1.22
Daily perceptions of parent-child relationship quality -- -- 6.14 0.82
Daily belief in fair, meritorious, and just sociopolitical world motivations 5.63 1.12 4.59 1.02
Daily priority on conservatism -- -- 4.55 1.80
Daily trust in Republican governance -- -- 2.24 1.51
Daily VIX 10.61 0.00 13.19 0.74
Daily Google search frequency 66.99 10.60 48.79 18.24

NB: The daily value of the VIX was the same for all participants in Study 1 because all participants completed each daily survey on the same day, and hence, the SD was zero.