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. 2022 Sep 20;78(3):456–468. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbac141

Table 4.

Examining Emotional Reactivity and Responsiveness in Negative Affect and Positive Affect as a Function of Daily Negative and Positive Events in Custodial Grandmothers

Negative affect Positive affect
Estimate (SE) Estimate (SE)
Fixed effects
Intercept (no negative or positive event), γ 00 1.45* (0.04) 3.13* (0.06)
Age, γ 01 0.01 (0.01) 0.01 (0.01)
White, γ 02 0.11 (0.09) −0.47* (0.14)
Length of care, γ 03 −0.03 (0.03) −0.01 (0.04)
Total grandchildren, γ 04 −0.001 (0.04) −0.01 (0.04)
Income, γ 05 −0.08* (0.03) 0.04 (0.06)
Adverse childhood experiences, γ 06 0.06* (0.01) 0.04 (0.05)
Social support, γ 07 0.02 (0.02) 0.08* (0.03)
Relationship strain, γ 08 0.03 (0.02) −0.03 (0.03)
Negative event, γ 10 0.47* (0.02) −0.34* (0.03)
Negative event × age, γ 11 −0.02* (0.004) 0.01* (0.005)
Negative event × White, γ 12 0.16* (0.05) −0.04 (0.06)
Negative event × length of care, γ 13 −0.01 (0.01) 0.004 (0.02)
Negative event × total grandchildren, γ 14 −0.001 (0.02) 0.01 (0.03)
Negative event × income, γ 15 −0.04* (0.02) 0.02 (0.02)
Negative event × adverse childhood experiences, γ 16 0.001 (0.01) 0.01 (0.01)
Negative event × social support, γ 17 −0.02 (0.01) 0.03 (0.02)
Negative event × relationship strain, γ 18 0.01 (0.01) −0.02 (0.01)
Positive event, γ 20 −0.20* (0.04) 0.55* (0.05)
Positive event × age, γ 21 −0.01 (0.01) −0.003 (0.01)
Positive event × White, γ 22 −0.13 (0.08) 0.15 (0.10)
Positive event × length of care, γ 23 0.03 (0.02) −0.02 (0.03)
Positive event × total grandchildren, γ 24 0.002 (0.03) −0.05 (0.04)
Positive event × income, γ 25 0.04 (0.03) −0.01 (0.04)
Positive event × adverse childhood experiences, γ 26 −0.04* (0.01) 0.03* (0.01)
Positive event × social support, γ 27 −0.01 (0.02) 0.04 (0.03)
Positive event × relationship strain, γ 28 −0.01 (0.02) 0.01 (0.02)
Random effects
Intercept 0.14* (0.03) 0.41* (0.06)
Negative event 0.03* (0.01) 0.02 (0.01)
Positive event 0.05* (0.02) 0.09* (0.03)
Residual 0.19* (0.01) 0.30* (0.01)

Notes: Intraclass correlation: Positive affect = 0.604; negative affect = 0.434.

*p < .05.