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Putting mood in context: Using smartphones to examine how people feel in different locations

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Peer-reviewed

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Authors

Sandstrom, GM 
Lathia, N 
Rentfrow, PJ 

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.

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Keywords

Personality, Big five, Person-situation, Location, Context, Within-person, Mood, Positive affect, Mobile sensing, Multi-level modelling

Journal Title

Journal of Research in Personality

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Journal ISSN

0092-6566
1095-7251

Volume Title

69

Publisher

Elsevier BV
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/I032673/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Grant ID: EP/I032673/1)