Examining within-person relationships between state assessments of affect and eudaimonic well-being using multi-level structural equation modeling

Jayawickreme, Eranda; Tsukayama, Eli; Blackie, Laura E.R.; Weiss, Brandon

Abstract

Prior research has highlighted the possibility that current affect may be interchangeable with state assessments of other dimensions of subjective well-being. In the present study, we conducted a systematic replication and extension by examining the relationship between state assessments of affect and eudaimonic well-being (meaning, core self-evaluation, authenticity, and gratitude) in a 14-day diary assessment (N = 207 with 2,147 assessments). We utilized multi-level structural equation modeling (ML-SEM) with affect as a time-varying covariate and found that the impact of affect for these outcomes was less consequential than for assessments of state satisfaction, and that the impact of positive affect on these dimensions was stronger than that of negative affect.

Citation

Jayawickreme, E., Tsukayama, E., Blackie, L. E., & Weiss, B. (2021). Examining within-person relationships between state assessments of affect and eudaimonic well-being using multi-level structural equation modeling. Journal of Positive Psychology, 16(5), 691-700. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2020.1818811

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 26, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Sep 7, 2020
• Publication Date: 2021
• Deposit Date: Sep 15, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 8, 2021
• Journal: Journal of Positive Psychology
• Print ISSN: 1743-9760
• Electronic ISSN: 1743-9779
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 691-700
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2020.1818811
• Keywords: Meaning, purpose, affect, authenticity, core self-evaluations, gratitude, well-being, within-person differences
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4905243
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17439760.2020.1818811
• Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Positive Psychology on 07/09/2020, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17439760.2020.1818811