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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 15.

Results of multilevel analyses predicting event-specific positive emotions and event importance in daily life in Study 3.

Event Positive Emotions
Event Importance
Fixed Effects B p LLCI ULCI B p LLCI ULCI
Gender −0.01 .92 −0.23 0.21 −0.09 .53 −0.38 0.20
Global PE 0.45** <.001 0.23 0.67 0.06 .71 −0.24 0.35
Negative Events Between-Persons 1.41 .63 −4.36 7.18 −1.93 .62 −9.55 5.70
Negative Events Within-Persons −0.96* .01 −1.70 −0.22 1.22 .03 0.12 2.32
Positive Events Between-Persons 3.73* .04 0.27 7.19 −1.21 .60 −5.78 3.37
Positive Events Within-Persons 2.07** <.001 1.51 2.64 2.02** <.001 1.18 2.87
Approach Motivation 0.15 .14 −0.05 0.36 0.16 .24 −0.11 0.43
Avoidance Motivation −0.02 .62 −0.08 0.05 0.04 .31 −0.04 0.13
Negative Events Between-Persons x Global PE −1.28 .23 −3.41 0.84 0.35 .80 −2.46 3.15
Negative Events Within-Persons x Global PE −0.18 .21 −0.46 0.11 −0.18 .41 −0.60 0.25
Positive Events Between-Persons x Global PE −0.72 .25 −1.96 0.52 0.96 .24 −0.68 2.60
Positive Events Within-Persons x Global PE −0.24 .03 −0.45 −0.02 −0.28 .08 −0.60 0.04
Negative Events Between-Persons x Approach −0.83 .28 −2.37 0.70 −0.57 .58 −2.60 1.47
Negative Events Within-Persons x Approach 0.20* .04 0.004 0.40 −0.01 .95 −0.31 0.29
Positive Events Between-Persons x Approach 0.02 .96 −1.13 1.18 0.00 .99 −1.54 1.53
Positive Events Within-Persons x Approach 0.19* .03 0.02 0.36 0.22 .09 −0.04 0.48
Random Effects B p LLCI ULCI B p LLCI ULCI
Level-1 (within-persons) - Residual 0.82 <.001 0.76 0.88 1.80 <.001 1.68 1.93
 Autocorrelation 0.11 <.001 0.07 0.18 0.09 .002 0.03 0.14
Level-2 (between persons) - Intercept 0.22 .008 0.11 0.47 0.42 .007 0.20 0.87
Level-3 (between-persons) - Intercept 0.32 <.001 0.21 0.49 0.53 <.001 0.33 0.84

Note. The reference group was set to neutral events. PE = positive emotions. Focal predictors that were statistically significant are presented in bold.