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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 14.

Results of multilevel models predicting event positive emotions and event importance in daily life.

Event Positive Emotions Event Importance
95% CI 95% CI
Fixed Effects B p Lower Upper B p Lower Upper
Intercept 3.18 <.001 2.97 3.41 3.17 <.001 2.92 3.42
Gender 0.07 .61 −0.19 0.32 0.01 .94 −0.30 0.32
Global PE 0.60** <.001 0.35 0.86 0.14 .36 −0.16 0.44
Gratitude Between-Persons 1.06* .01 0.24 1.88 1.65** .001 0.69 2.61
Gratitude Within-Persons 0.83** <.001 0.69 0.97 0.28** .001 0.12 0.44
Approach Motivation 0.09 .32 −0.09 0.28 0.10 .37 −0.12 0.32
Avoidance Motivation −0.05 .18 −0.13 0.02 0.02 .73 −0.07 0.10
Gratitude Between-Persons x Prior PE 0.25 .71 −1.05 1.53 −0.32 .68 −1.84 1.20
Gratitude Within-Persons x Prior PE −0.40** .001 −0.65 −0.16 −0.22 .12 −0.49 0.06
Gratitude Between-Persons x Approach 0.15 .71 −0.68 0.97 0.75 .13 −0.22 1.73
Gratitude Within-Persons x Approach 0.20 * .03 0.02 0.38 0.24 * .02 0.04 0.43
95% CI 95% CI
Random Effects B p Lower Upper B p Lower Upper
Level-1 (within-persons)
 Residual 1.66 <.001 1.54 1.78 2.03 <.001 1.89 2.17
 Autocorrelation 0.11 <.001 0.05 0.16 0.09 .003 0.03 0.14
Level-2 (between persons)
 Intercept 0.38 .001 0.21 0.69 0.39 .009 0.19 0.82
Level-3 (between-persons)
 Intercept 0.34 <.001 0.21 0.56 0.55 <.001 0.35 0.88

Note. CI = confidence interval.

*

p < .05

**

p < .01. Focal predictors that were statistically significant are presented in bold.