What is it about?
This review study aimed to shed light on how various social contexts (with peers, teachers, family, not being with someone) are associated with students' daily positive emotions. We summarized findings from 14 experience sampling studies on social interactions among children and adolescents in school settings to identify patterns in these associations.
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Why is it important?
Our overall findings suggest that daily positive emotions among children and adolescents in school are influenced by social contexts (with peers, with teachers, with family, not being with someone) in various ways. It is evident that students tend to feel happier during social interactions compared to times when they are not with others. This approach, involving real-time assessment of students' subjective experiences, allows for more nuanced insights than traditional retrospective methods, providing a deeper understanding of the complex associations between social contexts and daily positive emotions. These findings underscores the importance of considering social interactions in supporting students' emotional well-being, both in their day-to-day experiences and in their overall emotional levels.
Perspectives
As a doctoral researcher in the field of developmental psychology, I was impressed by the complex analyses and findings from the experience sampling studies that we analyzed in our review study. The experience sampling method offers a unique window to students' emotional experiences, and I look forward to incorporate this approach in future studies.
Martina E: Mölsä
Abo Akademi
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This page is a summary of: Associations between interpersonal contexts, positive emotions, and related experiences in school students: A systematic review of experience sampling studies., School Psychology, October 2023, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/spq0000587.
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