Table1 Sample Descriptive Information (N = 266)

From: Mode of social contact is associated with momentary verbal communication of emotion and well-being in older adults

 

Participants

 

M

SD

Range

Age

74.08

6.45

65–90

Self-rated health a

3.63

1.00

1–5

  

Proportions

 

 Women

 

.54

 

 Men

 

.46

 

 Married

 

.59

 

Race

 White

 

.83

 

 Black or African-American

 

.15

 

 Asian

 

.01

 

 American Indian or Alaska Native

 

.01

 

 Hispanic ethnicity

 

.08

 

Education

 High school or less

 

.13

 

 Some college

 

.28

 

 College or more

 

.59

 

Experiences every 3 hours (n = 4,627)

   

Mood

 Positive mood b

3.49

0.81

1–5

 Negative mood c

1.22

0.37

1–4.6

 Verbal communication of emotion d

   

 Positive emotion

1.74

2.49

0–33.33

 Negative emotion

0.26

0.64

0–9.18

Number of social contacts e

 In-person

2.02

2.20

0–16

 Phone

0.55

1.14

0–14

 Word count f

100.37

133.75

0–1197

Social contact proportions g

 In-person only

.53

  

 Phone only

.09

  

 Both

.22

  

 Neither

.15

  
  1. a1(poor), 2 (fair), 3 (good), 4 (very good), and 5 (excellent). b Average of content, loved, calm, and proud from 1 (not at all) to 5 (a great deal). c Average of nervous/worried, irritated, bored, lonely, and sad from 1 (not at all) to 5 (a great deal). d Scores generated by LIWC indicating verbal communication of emotion, merged to three-hour assessments from 104,746 audio files. e Number of in-person and phone contact in prior 3 hours. f Number of word count in prior 3 hours, calculated by LIWC. g Proportions of 3-hour assessments in which participants reported in-person and phone social contact respectively.
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