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SAGE Publications, Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1(8), p. 45-54

DOI: 10.1177/1948550616662129

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Day-To-Day Affect is Surprisingly Stable

Journal article published in 2016 by Nathan W. Hudson, Richard E. Lucas ORCID, M. Brent Donnellan
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Abstract

Previous research suggests global assessments of cognitive well-being—life satisfaction—are relatively stable over time. Far fewer studies have examined the extent to which experiential measures of affective well-being—the moods/emotions people regularly experience—are stable, especially over extended periods of time. The present study used longitudinal data from a representative sample of Germans to investigate the long-term stability of different components of well-being. Participants provided global ratings of life satisfaction and affect, along with experiential measures of well-being up to 3 times over 2 years. Results indicated between one-third and one half of the variance in people’s daily affect was attributable to trait-like latent variables. Replicating meta-analytic findings, 50% of the variance in global measures of well-being was attributable to trait-like latent variables.