Mood States and Everyday Creativity: Employing an Experience Sampling Method and a Day Reconstruction Method

Han, Wei; Feng, Xue; Mi, Zhang; Peng, Kaiping; Zhang, Dan

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01698

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“…The DRM was originally developed as an alternative to EMAs for use in large and population-representative samples, yet few previous studies have directly compared the information obtained from the DRM with that obtained from EMAs [ 40 - 42 ] or EOD diaries [ 43 , 44 ]. In this study, the DRM demonstrated high correspondence with other ILA methods for measures of average emotion levels and mixed emotions and moderate correspondence for emotion variability.…”

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Comparability of Emotion Dynamics Derived From Ecological Momentary Assessments, Daily Diaries, and the Day Reconstruction Method: Observational Study

Schneider¹,

Junghaenel²,

Gutsche³

et al. 2020

J Med Internet Res

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Background Interest in the measurement of the temporal dynamics of people’s emotional lives has risen substantially in psychological and medical research. Emotions fluctuate and change over time, and measuring the ebb and flow of people’s affective experiences promises enhanced insights into people’s health and functioning. Researchers have used a variety of intensive longitudinal assessment (ILA) methods to create measures of emotion dynamics, including ecological momentary assessments (EMAs), end-of-day (EOD) diaries, and the day reconstruction method (DRM). To date, it is unclear whether they can be used interchangeably or whether ostensibly similar emotion dynamics captured by the methods differ in meaningful ways. Objective This study aims to examine the extent to which different ILA methods yield comparable measures of intraindividual emotion dynamics. Methods Data from 90 participants aged 50 years or older were collected in a probability-based internet panel, the Understanding America Study, and analyzed. Participants provided positive and negative affect ratings using 3 ILA methods: (1) smartphone-based EMA, administered 6 times per day over 1 week, (2) web-based EOD diaries, administered daily over the same week, and (3) web-based DRM, administered once during that week. We calculated 11 measures of emotion dynamics (addressing mean levels, variability, instability, and inertia separately for positive and negative affect, as well as emotion network density, mixed emotions, and emotional dialecticism) from each ILA method. The analyses examined mean differences and correlations of scores addressing the same emotion dynamic across the ILA methods. We also compared the patterns of intercorrelations among the emotion dynamics and their relationships with health outcomes (general health, pain, and fatigue) across ILA methods. Results Emotion dynamics derived from EMAs and EOD diaries demonstrated moderate-to-high correspondence for measures of mean emotion levels (ρ≥0.95), variability (ρ≥0.68), instability (ρ≥0.51), mixed emotions (ρ=0.92), and emotional dialecticism (ρ=0.57), and low correspondence for measures of inertia (ρ≥0.17) and emotion network density (ρ=0.36). DRM-derived measures showed correlations with EMAs and EOD diaries that were high for mean emotion levels and mixed emotions (ρ≥0.74), moderate for variability (ρ=0.38-.054), and low to moderate for other measures (ρ=0.03-0.41). Intercorrelations among the emotion dynamics showed high convergence across EMAs and EOD diaries, and moderate convergence between the DRM and EMAs as well as EOD diaries. Emotion dynamics from all 3 ILA methods produced very similar patterns of relationships with health outcomes. Conclusions EMAs and EOD diaries provide corresponding information about individual differences in various emotion dynamics, whereas the DRM provides corresponding information about emotion levels and (to a lesser extent) variability, but not about more complex emotion dynamics. Our results caution researchers against viewing these ILA methods as universally interchangeable.

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Comparability of Emotion Dynamics Derived From Ecological Momentary Assessments, Daily Diaries, and the Day Reconstruction Method: Observational Study

Schneider¹,

Junghaenel²,

Gutsche³

et al. 2020

J Med Internet Res

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“…adults, everyday creativity was linked to feeling happy and active (Silvia et al, 2014;see Conner & Silvia, 2015). A study that simultaneously applied the experience-sampling method (ESM) and day reconstruction method (DRM) found that active, positive emotions (happiness, concentration, feeling engaged and interested) positively correlated with creativity in everyday life among corporate employees (Han et al, 2019). The benefits of a positive mood on creativity were corroborated in research with older participants that utilized both ESM and diary methods ).…”

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Creative Lockdown? A Daily Diary Study of Creative Activity During Pandemics

Karwowski¹,

Zielińska²,

jankowska³

et al. 2020

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The current COVID-19 pandemic is influencing our lives in an enormous and unprecedented way. Yet while this impact is being intensively studied with regard to a broad range of health, social, and psychological aspects, the effects of COVID-19 for creativity have been overlooked. Here, we explore COVID-19-lockdown’s consequences for creative activity. To this end, we relied on two extensive diary studies. The first, held in March 2019 (pre-pandemic), involved 78 students who reported their emotions and creativity over two weeks (927 observations). The second, conducted in March 2020 (during the pandemic and lockdown), involved 235 students who reported on their emotions, creativity, and the intensity of thinking and talking about COVID-19 over a month (5,904 observations). Multilevel meditations and dynamic structural equation modeling have shown that compared to 2019, during the lockdown, students engaged slightly, yet statistically significantly more in creative activities. Analysis of diaries collected during the pandemic also showed that students who spent more time discussing or searching for information about COVID-19 were not only more engaged in different creative activities but also declared more positive emotions. We propose potential explanations of these unexpected results along with future studies directions.

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“…In the experience-sampling study among young adults, everyday creativity was linked to feeling happy and active (Silvia et al, 2014 ; see also Conner and Silvia, 2015 ). A study that simultaneously applied the experience-sampling method and day reconstruction method found that active, positive emotions (happiness, concentration, feeling engaged, and interested) positively correlated with creativity in everyday life among corporate employees (Han et al, 2019 ). The benefits of a positive mood on creativity were corroborated in research with middle-aged participants that utilized both experience sampling and diary methods (Karwowski et al, 2017 ).…”

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Creative Lockdown? A Daily Diary Study of Creative Activity During Pandemics

et al. 2021

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is influencing our lives in an enormous and unprecedented way. Here, we explore COVID-19-lockdown's consequences for creative activity. To this end, we relied on two extensive diary studies. The first, held on March 2019 (pre-pandemic), involved 78 students who reported their emotions and creativity over 2 weeks (927 observations). The second, conducted on March 2020 (during the pandemic and lockdown), involved 235 students who reported on their emotions, creativity, and the intensity of thinking and talking about COVID-19 over a month (5,904 observations). We found that compared with 2019, during the lockdown, students engaged slightly yet statistically significantly more in creative activities. An analysis of diaries collected during the pandemic also showed that the days when students spent more time discussing or searching for information about COVID-19 were characterized by a higher creative activity yet also mixed emotions. We discuss potential explanations of these unexpected results along with future study directions.

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Mood States and Everyday Creativity: Employing an Experience Sampling Method and a Day Reconstruction Method

Cited by 41 publications

References 38 publications

Comparability of Emotion Dynamics Derived From Ecological Momentary Assessments, Daily Diaries, and the Day Reconstruction Method: Observational Study

Comparability of Emotion Dynamics Derived From Ecological Momentary Assessments, Daily Diaries, and the Day Reconstruction Method: Observational Study

Creative Lockdown? A Daily Diary Study of Creative Activity During Pandemics

Creative Lockdown? A Daily Diary Study of Creative Activity During Pandemics

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