A daily diary investigation of the link between television watching and positive affect

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buir.contributor.authorBayraktaroğlu, Deniz
buir.contributor.authorGünaydın, Gül
dc.citation.epage1101en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber4en_US
dc.citation.spage1089en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber20en_US
dc.contributor.authorBayraktaroğlu, Denizen_US
dc.contributor.authorGünaydın, Gülen_US
dc.contributor.authorSelçuk, E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOng, A. D.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-03T06:53:19Z
dc.date.available2020-02-03T06:53:19Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.description.abstractPast research has shown a negative relationship between time spent watching television (TV) and several indicators of hedonic well-being—including positive affect (PA). However, cross-sectional designs employed in most of these studies do not allow for inferences regarding the direction of the link between TV watching and PA. Present research aimed to address this gap by using daily diary data from a large national sample of U.S. adults (N = 1668, age = 33–83 years). Respondents reported time spent watching TV as well as PA for eight consecutive days. Results of multilevel modeling analyses showed that duration of TV watching on the previous day did not significantly predict changes in PA on the next day. However, PA on the previous day significantly predicted decreases in duration of TV watching the following day. The results held after controlling for factors known to predict duration of TV watching and PA (i.e., age, gender, income level, employment status, marital status, health status, and personality traits). The present research goes beyond past cross-sectional work by shedding light on the direction of the link between TV watching and PA. Our findings indicate that watching TV does not seem to diminish PA—as critics of TV proclaim—but individuals seem to watch TV to a greater extent whenever they experience reduced PA.en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10902-018-9989-8en_US
dc.identifier.issn1389-4978
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/52975
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10902-018-9989-8en_US
dc.source.titleJournal of Happiness Studiesen_US
dc.subjectDaily diary designen_US
dc.subjectHedonic well-beingen_US
dc.subjectLeisureen_US
dc.subjectPositive affecten_US
dc.subjectTelevisionen_US
dc.titleA daily diary investigation of the link between television watching and positive affecten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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