Table 4 Verbal Communication of Emotion Predicting Positive and Negative Mood, Moderated by Mode of Contact

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

 

Positive Mood a

Negative Mood b

 

B

p

f2

95% CI

B

p

f2

95% CI

Fixed effects

 Intercept

4.12

<.001

–

[3.14, 5.10]

0.95

<.001

–

[0.57, 1.34]

Communication of emotion c

 Positive (wp)

0.04

<.001

0.003

[0.02, 0.06]

-0.01

.183

0.000

[-0.02, 0.00]

 Negative (wp)

0.01

.837

0.000

[-0.06, 0.08]

0.02

.450

0.000

[-0.03, 0.06]

 Positive (bp)

0.04

.308

0.000

[-0.04, 0.12]

-0.01

.380

0.000

[-0.04, 0.02]

 Negative (bp)

-0.35

.062

0.000

[-0.72, 0.02]

0.33

<.001

0.000

[0.18, 0.47]

Mode of contact d

 In-Person (wp)

0.04

.006

0.002

[0.01, 0.07]

-0.02

.212

0.001

[-0.04, 0.01]

 Phone (wp)

-0.05

.037

0.001

[-0.10, -0.00]

0.03

.130

0.002

[-0.01, 0.07]

 In-Person (bp)

0.10

.672

0.000

[-0.35, 0.54]

-0.13

.161

0.000

[-0.30, 0.05]

 Phone (bp)

-0.59

.167

0.000

[-1.42, 0.25]

0.06

.739

0.000

[-0.27, 0.38]

Communication of emotion × Mode of contact

 Positive (wp) × In-person (wp)

-0.01

.415

0.000

[-0.02, 0.01]

0.00

.618

0.000

[-0.01, 0.01]

 Positive (wp) × Phone (wp)

-0.01

.651

0.000

[-0.03, 0.02]

-0.00

.873

0.000

[-0.02, 0.01]

 Negative (wp) × In-person (wp)

0.00

.894

0.000

[-0.05, 0.05]

0.01

.610

0.000

[-0.02, 0.04]

 Negative (wp) × Phone (wp)

-0.00

.967

0.000

[-0.09, 0.09]

-0.02

.477

0.000

[-0.08, 0.04]

 Positive (wp) × In-person (bp)

-0.04

.011

0.002

[-0.06, -0.01]

0.01

.147

0.001

[-0.00, 0.03]

 Positive (wp) × Phone (bp)

-0.04

.285

0.000

[-0.11, 0.03]

-0.00

.892

0.000

[-0.05, 0.04]

 Negative (wp) × In-person (bp)

0.03

.599

0.000

[-0.07, 0.13]

-0.01

.728

0.000

[-0.08, 0.05]

 Negative (wp) × Phone (bp)

-0.12

.353

0.000

[-0.36, 0.13]

-0.14

.082

0.001

[-0.30, 0.02]

Covariates

 Morning (ref.)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Afternoon (wp)

0.01

.620

0.000

[-0.02, 0.04]

0.03

.010

0.001

[0.01, 0.05]

 Evening (wp)

0.01

.463

0.000

[-0.02, 0.05]

0.01

.239

0.000

[-0.01, 0.03]

 Age

-0.00

.550

0.000

[-0.02, 0.01]

-0.00

.576

0.000

[-0.01, 0.00]

 Women

-0.01

.952

0.000

[-0.21, 0.20]

-0.01

.700

0.000

[-0.09, 0.06]

 Racial/ethnic minority

0.21

.061

0.000

[-0.01, 0.42]

-0.06

.164

0.000

[-0.15, 0.02]

 Married

-0.01

.954

0.000

[-0.25, 0.23]

0.05

.271

0.000

[-0.04, 0.15]

High school or less (ref.)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 College

0.06

.661

0.000

[-0.22, 0.35]

-0.01

.854

0.000

[-0.12, 0.10]

 College graduate and more

-0.14

.339

0.000

[-0.44, 0.15]

0.03

.579

0.000

[-0.08, 0.14]

 Health e

0.10

.033

0.000

[0.01, 0.19]

-0.06

<.001

0.000

[-0.10, -0.03]

 Social network size f

0.02

<.001

0.000

[0.01, 0.03]

-0.01

.029

0.000

[-0.01, -0.00]

Random effects

 Variances (intercept)

0.44

<.001

–

[0.37, 0.53]

0.07

<.001

–

[0.06, 0.08]

 Variances (in person)

0.01

<.001

–

[0.00, 0.03]

0.01

<.001

–

[0.01, 0.02]

 Variances (phone)

0.00

.973

–

[0.00, 0.00]

0.02

<.001

–

[0.01, 0.03]

 Variances (residual)

0.15

<.001

–

[0.15, 0.16]

0.06

<.001

–

[0.06, 0.06]

 -2 log likelihood

5410.19

1063.34

 Number of observations

4532

4533

  1. wp = within-person. bp = between-person. Between-person level effect of time-varying predictors were considered but omitted from the table. All continuous predictors centered on the grand mean. a Average of content, loved, calm, and proud from 1 (not at all) to 5 (a great deal). b Average of nervous/worried, irritated, bored, lonely, and sad from 1 (not at all) to 5 (a great deal). c Words usage indicating verbal communication of positive and negative emotions, generated by LIWC. d Assessments that involved either in-person or phone contact. e 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent). f Number of social partners in the social convoy. n = 4,627 assessments.
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