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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2020 Dec 17;122(6):1022–1055. doi: 10.1037/pspi0000312

Table 10.

Results of dyadic multilevel analyses predicting examining reactivity for targets and crossover to expressers in gratitude interactions in Study 3.

Positive Emotions
Perceived Partner Responsiveness
95% CI 95% CI
Outcome Predictor B p Lower Upper r B p Lower Upper r
Target Interaction Outcome (reactivity) Target Approach Motivation 0.09 .48 −0.17 0.35 .06 −0.02 0.85 −0.22 0.18 .02
Target Global Outcome 0.66 .001 0.28 1.03 .30 0.68 <.001 0.44 0.92 .44
Target Avoidance Motivation 0.01 .86 −0.09 0.11 .02 −0.08 0.03 −0.15 −0.01 .19
Expresser Global Outcome 0.04 .81 0.31 0.40 .27 0.04 0.77 −0.20 0.28 .03
Expresser Avoidance Motivation 0.10 .07 −0.01 0.20 .16 0.00 0.98 −0.07 0.07 .00
Expresser Approach Motivation 0.13 .38 −0.17 0.44 .08 0.06 0.63 −0.17 0.28 .04
Observed Praise 0.31 .04 0.02 0.61 .19 −0.01 0.93 −0.21 0.20 .01
Gender −0.18 .36 −0.58 0.21 .08 −0.13 0.39 −0.41 0.16 .08
Outcome Predictor B p Lower Upper r B p Lower Upper r
Expresser Interaction Outcome (crossover) Target Interaction Outcome 0.26 <.001 0.12 0.41 .31 0.32 <.001 0.17 0.48 .34
Target Approach Motivation 0.09 .48 −0.15 0.33 .06 0.29 .58 −0.14 0.25 .05
Target Global Outcome −0.26 .07 −0.55 0.03 .16 0.07 .02 −0.52 −0.05 .21
Target Avoidance Motivation 0.08 .06 −0.004 0.16 .17 −0.19 .30 −0.10 0.03 .09
Expresser Global Outcome 0.57 <.001 0.27 0.86 .32 −0.04 <.001 0.42 0.84 .46
Expresser Avoidance Motivation −0.06 .18 −0.14 0.03 .12 0.56 .12 −0.11 0.01 .14
Expresser Approach Motivation 0.20 .05 −0.003 0.40 .17 −0.04 .26 −0.08 0.27 .10
Observed Praise 0.11 .36 −0.13 0.35 .08 0.15 .63 −0.23 0.14 .04
Gender −0.17 .28 −0.48 0.14 .10 0.02 .99 −0.25 0.25 .00

Note. CI = Confidence Interval. Focal predictors for each model are highlighted in bold text.