Putting mood in context: Using smartphones to examine how people feel in different locations
Publication Date
2016-06-08Journal Title
Journal of Research in Personality
ISSN
0092-6566
Publisher
Elsevier
Volume
69
Pages
96-101
Language
English
Type
Article
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VoR
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Sandstrom, G. M., Lathia, N., Mascolo, C., & Rentfrow, P. (2016). Putting mood in context: Using smartphones to examine how people feel in different locations. Journal of Research in Personality, 69 96-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2016.06.004
Abstract
Does personality predict how people feel in different types of situations? The present research addressed this question using data from several thousand individuals who used a mood tracking smartphone application for several weeks. Results from our analyses indicated that people’s momentary affect was linked to their location, and provided preliminary evidence that the relationship between state affect and location might be moderated by personality. The results highlight the importance of looking at person-situation relationships at both the trait- and state-levels and also demonstrate how smartphones can be used to collect person and situation information as people go about their everyday lives.
Keywords
personality, big five, person-situation, location, context, within-person, mood, positive affect, mobile sensing, multi-level modelling
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Grant ID: EP/I032673/1)
Funder references
UNI OF SOUTHAMPTON (FB EPSRC) (EP/I032673/1)
Embargo Lift Date
2100-01-01
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2016.06.004
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/256604
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