Event content in a daily survey is differentially associated with concurrent mood.
Daily life events were grouped according to their life content area and according to the desirability of the event as rated by the subject. Associations among event groupings and concurrently measured daily mood were examined. As in studies of major life events, some event classifications were more strongly associated with mood than were others: Specifically, desirable family-leisure events and undesirable work events were strongly related to mood. The results suggests that particular life areas deserve special attention in understanding environmental stress.
D000328:Adult; D004644:Emotions; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D014937:Work