In this study, we examine how daily life fluctuations in positive affect (PA) and negative afect (NA) relate to mixed emotions—that is, simultaneous positive and negative feelings. We utilised three experience sampling studies (total N = 275), in which participants reported their affect 10 times each day for up to 14 days. Because people generally experience fairly stable moderate levels of PA in daily life, we proposed that mixed emotions would typically occur when NA increases and overlaps with, but does not entirely eliminate, PA. Accordingly, within individuals, we found that mixed emotions in daily life were more strongly predicted by changes in NA and the occurrence of negative events than by changes in PA and positive events. At the between‐person level, individuals with more variable NA, more stable PA, and higher trait Neuroticism scores experienced higher average levels of mixed emotions. Further, we found evidence that the average magnitude of NA increases may partially mediate the association between Neuroticism and mixed emotions. We also found that positive predictors of mixed emotions are negative predictors of individuals' within‐person PA/NA correlations—that is, affective synchrony. Our findings elucidate trait predictors and affective dynamics of daily life mixed emotions, which appear closely intertwined with NA variability. © 2020 European Association of Personality Psychology

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当好心情混合在一起时：情感动态和日常生活中混合情感的五个主要特征预测因素

在这项研究中，我们研究了积极影响（PA）和负面影响（NA）的日常生活波动与混合情绪（即同时具有正面和负面感觉）之间的关系。我们利用了三项经验抽样研究（总计N = 275），其中参与者每天报告其影响10次，最多14天。由于人们通常在日常生活中会经历相当稳定的中等水平的PA，因此我们建议，当NA增加并与PA重叠但不能完全消除时，通常会产生混合情绪。因此，在个体内部，我们发现NA的变化和负面事件的发生比PA和正面事件的变化更能预测日常生活中的混合情绪。在人与人之间，NA变量更大，PA更加稳定，神经质性状得分更高的人的混合情绪平均水平更高。此外，我们发现有证据表明，NA的平均增加幅度可能部分介导了神经质和混合情绪之间的关联。情感同步。我们的研究结果阐明了特质预测因子和日常生活中混合情绪的情感动态，这些情绪与NA变异密切相关。©2020欧洲人格心理学协会