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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Quantitative Psychology

Background:

  • Negative affectivity (Trait-NA) is commonly controlled in workplace stress and well-being studies.
  • Current measurement methods for Trait-NA may conflate trait and state aspects, potentially leading to model misspecification.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether standard measurement instructions effectively differentiate Trait-NA from State-NA.
  • To assess the trait and state variance components within negative affectivity measures using intensive longitudinal data.

Main Methods:

  • Trait-State-Occasion (TSO) modeling was applied to intensive longitudinal data.
  • Analysis examined the variance components of negative affectivity and the effectiveness of trait-inducing rating instructions.

Main Results:

  • Negative affectivity, similar to other measures like positive affect and workload, contains significant state and trait variance components.
  • Rating instructions designed to elicit trait perspectives were largely ineffective, influencing perspectives by only 5%-15% on average.

Conclusions:

  • Standard measurement procedures may not adequately separate Trait-NA from State-NA in shortitudinal research.
  • Latent variable modeling is crucial for accurately distinguishing trait and state constructs in psychological research.