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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 4.

Results of multiple regression analyses examining upward affective crossover predicting targets’ outcomes from expressers’ approach motivation across Studies 1 and 2.

Positive Emotions
Perceived Partner Responsiveness
95% CI 95% CI
Path Predictor B p Lower Upper r B p Lower Upper r
Expresser Interaction Outcome (Reactivity) Expresser Approach Motivation 0.31 ** .002 0.15 0.48 .24 0.22 ** 0.008 0.06 0.38 .17
Condition 0.21 .06 −0.01 0.42 .12 −0.06 0.54 −0.27 0.14 .04
Target Global Outcome 0.15* .01 0.03 0.26 .16 0.24** <.001 0.12 0.36 .25
Target Avoidance Motivation −0.04 .16 −0.10 0.02 .09 −0.01 0.51 −0.08 0.04 .04
Target Approach Motivation 0.15 .08 −0.02 0.31 .11 −0.009 0.91 −0.17 0.15 .01
Expresser Global Outcome 0.27** <.001 0.16 0.38 .30 0.18** 0.004 0.06 0.30 .18
Expresser Avoidance Motivation 0.01 .82 −0.05 0.06 .01 −0.05 0.08 −0.10 0.01 .11
Data Source 0.18 .11 −0.04 0.40 .10 0.13 0.21 −0.07 0.34 .08
Outcome Predictor B p Lower Upper r B p Lower Upper r
Target Interaction Outcome (Crossover) Expresser Approach Motivation −0.11 .23 −0.28 0.07 .08 −0.04 .57 −0.17 0.09 .04
Expresser Interaction Outcome 0.27 ** <.001 0.13 0.40 .25 0.16 ** <.001 0.06 0.26 .20
Condition 0.02 .88 −0.21 0.24 .01 0.05 .56 −0.11 0.21 .04
Target Global Outcome 0.23** <.001 0.12 0.35 .25 0.23** <.001 0.13 0.32 .28
Target Avoidance Motivation 0.01 .90 −0.06 0.07 .01 0.01 .59 −0.03 0.06 .04
Target Approach Motivation 0.35** <.001 0.18 0.52 .25 0.22** <.001 0.10 0.35 .22
Expresser Global Outcome 0.02 .74 −0.10 0.14 .02 0.20** <.001 0.10 0.30 .25
Expresser Avoidance Motivation −0.01 .65 −0.07 0.05 .03 −0.02 .46 −0.06 0.03 .05
Data Source 0.37** .002 0.14 0.6 .21 0.21* .01 0.05 0.37 .16

Note.

**

p < .01

*

p < .05. Focal predictors for each model are presented in bold.