Table 2.

Summary of Results for Hypotheses and Research Questions on Same-day and Lagged Associations Between Positive Affect and Positive Health Behaviours.

Hypothesis Supported: Significant Same-Day Between-Person Effects for:

Physical Activity ←→ Daily Positive Affect

Fruit and Vegetable Intake ←→ Daily Positive Affect

Meditation ←→ Daily Positive Affect a, b

Hypothesis Supported: Significant Same-day Within-Person Effects for:

Physical Activity ←→ Daily Positive Affect

Fruit and Vegetable Intake ←→ Daily Positive Affect

Meditation ←→ Daily Positive Affecta

Research Questions Addressed: Significant Lagged Within-Person Effects for:

One Day’s Positive Affect During Fruit and Vegetable Intake (FVI) → Next Day’s FVI

One Day’s FVI → Next Day’s Daily Positive Affect

Note:

^aSensitivity analyses revealed that this effect was no longer significant when condition interaction effects were added to the model and that results indicated a stronger within-person effect for loving-kindness meditation than for mindfulness meditation.

^bSensitivity analyses revealed that this effect was no longer significant when covariates were added to the model.