Variability of the Relationship Between Mood and Social Zeitgeber

• Authors: Agnieszka Wilczyńska

Title variants

PL

Zmienność relacji pomiędzy nastrojem a społecznym Zeitgeber

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Regularity in the emotional functioning of a human in specific time can be determined by cycles characterised by 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 and negative affect.

Keywords

EN

negative affect; positive affect; mood variability

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
• Journal: Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia Psychologica
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 6
• Pages: 42-57

Dates

issued

2013

Contributors

author

Agnieszka Wilczyńska

• Department of Psychology, University of Silesia Katowice, Poland