Hi everyone, can a negative and positive affect (moods) be measured in any longitudinal survey study? or just daily diary is suitable ? Thanks in advance
I do not know how you work, what you plan to do, but in general I would prefer daily diary.
I believe a daily diary would be suitable for tracking mood affect for an individual. You can measure your own moods well enough, but you might want to develop some sort of chart for yourself to track specific fluctuations. There are a few existing methods you could use. I've read that the Circumplex Model is a good candidate for tracking mood affect, it should be noted that it now has a co-variance structure adaptation. I've attached two articles that explain this model to give you a better idea.I hope this helps some :)
Even if you don't end up using a model like this, I am sure you could create your own tracking method that better suits your own needs. I like to take existing ones and augment them for my own purposes when I have trouble coming up with my own.
Article The circumplex model of affect: An integrative approach to a...
Article Reexamining the circumplex model of affect
Dear Muhammad.
By their very nature, moods, contrary to psychological traits, are transient states. Note also that I can be sad and glad at the same time. Glad, because it is my birthday, and sad because some of my relatives cannot come to celebrate it. As I see it, it does not make much sense to run, say, a longitudinal experiment to measure what is ephemeral and transient in its very nature. Like Rachel, I think that a daily diary is preferable to a longitudinal survey study.
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Orlando
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