TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - A population approach to the study of emotion: diurnal rhythms of a working day examined with the Day Reconstruction Method
JO  - Emotion
A1  - Stone, Arthur A.
A1  - Schwartz, Joseph E.
A1  - Schkade, David
A1  - Schwarz, Norbert
A1  - Krueger, Alan
A1  - Kahneman, Daniel
SP  - 139
EP  - 149
VL  - 6
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1528-3542
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/1528-3542.6.1.139
ID  - ref1
ER  -