TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Day-to-day affect is surprisingly stable: a two-year longitudinal study of well-being
JO  - Social psychological and personality science
A1  - Hudson, Nathan W.
A1  - Lucas, Richard E.
A1  - Donnellan, M. Brent
SP  - 45
EP  - 54
VL  - 8
IS  - 1
N2  - Previous research suggests global assessments of cognitive well-being-life satisfaction-are relatively stable over time. Far fewer studies have examined the extent to which experiential measures of affective well-being-the moods/emotions people regularly experience-are stable, especially over extended periods of time. The present study used longitudinal data from a representative sample of Germans to investigate the long-term stability of different components of well-being. Participants provided global ratings of life satisfaction and affect, along with experiential measures of well-being up to three times over two years. <br><br>RESULTS indicated between one third and one half of the variance in people's daily affect was attributable to trait-like latent variables. Replicating meta-analytic findings, 50% of the variance in global measures of well-being was attributable to trait-like latent variables.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1948-5506
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1948550616662129
ID  - ref1
ER  -