@article{ref1,
title="A population approach to the study of emotion: diurnal rhythms of a working day examined with the Day Reconstruction Method",
journal="Emotion",
year="2006",
author="Stone, Arthur A. and Schwartz, Joseph E. and Schkade, David and Schwarz, Norbert and Krueger, Alan and Kahneman, Daniel",
volume="6",
number="1",
pages="139-149",
abstract="To date, diurnal rhythms of emotions have been studied with real-time data collection methods mostly in relatively small samples. The Day Reconstruction Method (DRM), a new survey instrument that reconstructs the emotions of a day, is examined as a method for enabling large-scale investigations of rhythms. Diurnal cycles were observed for 12 emotion adjectives in 909 women over a working day. Bimodal patterns with peaks at noon and evenings were detected for positive emotions; peaks in negative emotions were found at mid-morning and mid-afternoon. A V-shaped pattern was found for tired and an inverted U-shaped pattern for competent. Several diurnal patterns from prior studies were replicated. The DRM appears to be a useful tool for the study of emotions.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1528-3542",
doi="10.1037/1528-3542.6.1.139",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/1528-3542.6.1.139"
}