Variability of the Relationship Between Mood and Social Zeitgeber

Authors

  • Agnieszka Wilczyńska

Keywords:

negative affect, positive affect, mood variability

Abstract

Regularity in the emotional functioning of a human in specific time can be determined by cycles characterised by psycho-physiological and social changes. The objective of the research was to establish whether the population subjected to the research-related tests experienced daily and weekly mood variability and, if this relation has been confirmed, describe the latter. Mood was tested by means of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (Watson, Clark & Tellegen, 1988). Subjects judged their mood by means of two indicators (PA and NA) for one week, on a daily basis, and at 3-hour intervals. Daily and weekly variability was assessed by comparing averaged results obtained from all measurements carried out at specific times of the day and days of the week. The assessment of internal group differences was performed with repeated measures analysis of variance. The result obtained in the tests indicated the existence of daily differences of positive affect as well as weekly differences in relation to positive andnegative affect.

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2013-12-01

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Wilczyńska, A. (2013). Variability of the Relationship Between Mood and Social Zeitgeber. Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Psychologica, 6(1), 42–57. Retrieved from https://studia-psychologica.uken.krakow.pl/article/view/5589

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