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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Posit Psychol. 2020 Feb 5;16(3):407–416. doi: 10.1080/17439760.2020.1725608

Table 3.

Correlations between global reports and 1) peak states, 2) last three daily reports, and 3) daily averages across conditions.

Correlation between peak (maximum) and global report Correlation between last three days and global report Correlation between daily average and global report
Variable Global first Diary first z p q Global first Diary first z p Q Global first Diary first z p q
Positive activated affect .53 [.39, .65] .69 [.58, .77] 1.98 .048 .257 .63 [.51, .73] .61 [.48, .71] .25 .802 .033 .68 [.58, .77] .70 [.60, .78] .25 .806 .032
Positive deactivated affect .45 [.30, .58] .58 [.44, .68] 1.31 .189 .170 .55 [.42, .67] .62 [.50, .72] .78 .434 .101 .66 [.55, .75] .73 [.63, .80] 1.05 .293 .136
Negative activated affect .56 [.43, .67] .40 [.24, .54] 1.61 .107 .209 .45 [.29, .58] .49 [.34, .62] .44 .662 .057 .60 [.47, .70] .56 [.43, .67] .43 .671 .055
Negative deactivated affect .63 [.51, .73] .48 [.33, .61] 1.72 .086 .222 .52 [.37, .64] .57 [.44, .68] .59 .559 .076 .63 [.51, .73] .70 [.60, .78] 1.00 .315 .130
Satisfaction with life .34 [.17, .49] .63 [.51, .72] 2.98 .003 .386 .47 [.32, .60] .63 [.50, .72] 1.75 .079 .227 .57 [.44, .68] .76 [.67, .82] 2.64 .008 .342
Meaning in life – presence .44 [.29, .58] .62 [.50, .72] 1.98 .048 .256 .52 [.38, .64] .59 [.46, .69] .68 .494 .089 .64 [.52, .73] .66 [.55, .75] .30 .765 .039
Meaning in life – search .22 [.05, .39] .46 [.31, .59] 2.10 .036 .272 .09 [−.09, .27] .45 [.30, .58] 3.06 .002 .396 .20 [.02, .36] .49 [.34, .61] 2.57 .010 .333
Nostalgia .49 [.35, .62] .61 [.49, .71] 1.32 .187 .171 .44 [.28, .57] .61 [.49, .71] 1.86 .063 .241 .52 [.38, .64] .76 [.67, .83] 3.28 .001 .425

Note: Comparisons of correlations were conducted with a Fisher’s r to z transformation and Cohen’s q is provided as an effect size estimate. 95% confidence intervals of the correlations are listed in brackets.