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Open Access 01-12-2021 | Human Immunodeficiency Virus | Research

Daily emotional inertia and long-term subjective well-being among people living with HIV

Authors: Marcin Rzeszutek, Ewa Gruszczyńska, Ewa Firląg-Burkacka

Published in: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes | Issue 1/2021

Abstract

Objective

The aim of this study was to verify if subjective well-being (SWB) modifies the autoregressive effect of daily emotions and if this emotional inertia predicts long-term changes in SWB among people living with HIV (PLWH).

Methods

The 131 participants had medically confirmed diagnoses of HIV and were undergoing antiretroviral therapy. They assessed their SWB (satisfaction with life, negative affect, positive affect) twice with an interval of one year. They also took part in a five-day online diary study six months from their baseline SWB assessment and reported their daily negative and positive emotions.

Results

Results showed that baseline SWB did not modify the emotional carryover effect from one to another. Additionally, after control for baseline SWB, emotional inertia did not predict SWB one year later. However, such an effect was noted for the mean values of daily reported emotions, indicating their unique predictive power over SWB itself.

Conclusions

This may suggest that emotional inertia does not necessarily provide better information than more straightforward measures of affective functioning.

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Title: Daily emotional inertia and long-term subjective well-being among people living with HIV
Authors: Marcin Rzeszutek
Ewa Gruszczyńska
Ewa Firląg-Burkacka
Publication date: 01-12-2021
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keywords: Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Published in: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes / Issue 1/2021
Electronic ISSN: 1477-7525
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-021-01752-6

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Daily emotional inertia and long-term subjective well-being among people living with HIV

Abstract

Objective

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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