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<p>Life events are noteworthy events that punctuate our lives and shape our experiences; yet their impact on wellbeing remains complex. This paper examines how the occurrence and characteristics of life events affect well-being outcomes, leveraging a year-long observational longitudinal dataset involving 493 adult participants (ages 21–68, mean = 35.85, stdev. = 10.04, 58.42% male and 41.58% female), who completed daily self-reports of affect, stress, anxiety, and sleep. We employed mixed-effects regression models to examine the associations between individual differences (e.g., age, gender, personality traits, baseline wellbeing traits) and life event attributes (e.g., anticipation, valence, intimacy, temporal status, and Facebook disclosure of life events) with wellbeing outcomes. Health-related life events were found to be linked to worsened negative affect and stress, as well as poorer sleep quality. Anticipated events—those expected to occur in the near future—were associated with greater positive affect (<i>f</i> <sup>2</sup> = 0.28), lower negative affect (<i>f</i> <sup>2</sup> = −0.27), and poorer sleep quality (<i>f</i> <sup>2</sup> = −0.12). Similarly, <i>valence</i>—positivity or negativity of an event—was positively associated with positive affect (<i>f</i> <sup>2</sup> = 0.24) and negatively associated with negative affect (<i>f</i> <sup>2</sup> = −0.21), stress (<i>f</i> <sup>2</sup> = −.08), and anxiety (<i>f</i> <sup>2</sup> = −0.07). In contrast, <i>event intimacy</i>—defined as how personally sensitive or private an event is—was negatively associated with positive affect (<i>f</i> <sup>2</sup> = −0.15). Again, events with a continuous temporal status (i.e., those spanning multiple days) were linked to both higher positive (<i>f</i> <sup>2</sup> = 0.31) and negative affect (<i>f</i> <sup>2</sup> = 0.27), as well as increased stress (0.20) and anxiety (<i>f</i> <sup>2</sup> = 0.13). Interestingly, sharing life events on Facebook is associated with higher positive affect (<i>f</i> <sup>2</sup> = 0.22) and lower negative affect (<i>f</i> <sup>2</sup> = −0.10), stress (<i>f</i> <sup>2</sup> = −0.31), and anxiety (<i>f</i> <sup>2</sup> = −0.15), but linked to poorer sleep (<i>f</i> <sup>2</sup> = −0.16). These findings provide an empirical understanding of the interplay between life events and psychological responses.</p>

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Life events as predictors of wellbeing outcomes

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    2026年3月17日

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  • Koustuv Saha,
  • Dong Whi Yoo,
  • Vedant Das Swain,
  • Munmun De Choudhury

摘要

Life events are noteworthy events that punctuate our lives and shape our experiences; yet their impact on wellbeing remains complex. This paper examines how the occurrence and characteristics of life events affect well-being outcomes, leveraging a year-long observational longitudinal dataset involving 493 adult participants (ages 21–68, mean = 35.85, stdev. = 10.04, 58.42% male and 41.58% female), who completed daily self-reports of affect, stress, anxiety, and sleep. We employed mixed-effects regression models to examine the associations between individual differences (e.g., age, gender, personality traits, baseline wellbeing traits) and life event attributes (e.g., anticipation, valence, intimacy, temporal status, and Facebook disclosure of life events) with wellbeing outcomes. Health-related life events were found to be linked to worsened negative affect and stress, as well as poorer sleep quality. Anticipated events—those expected to occur in the near future—were associated with greater positive affect (f 2 = 0.28), lower negative affect (f 2 = −0.27), and poorer sleep quality (f 2 = −0.12). Similarly, valence—positivity or negativity of an event—was positively associated with positive affect (f 2 = 0.24) and negatively associated with negative affect (f 2 = −0.21), stress (f 2 = −.08), and anxiety (f 2 = −0.07). In contrast, event intimacy—defined as how personally sensitive or private an event is—was negatively associated with positive affect (f 2 = −0.15). Again, events with a continuous temporal status (i.e., those spanning multiple days) were linked to both higher positive (f 2 = 0.31) and negative affect (f 2 = 0.27), as well as increased stress (0.20) and anxiety (f 2 = 0.13). Interestingly, sharing life events on Facebook is associated with higher positive affect (f 2 = 0.22) and lower negative affect (f 2 = −0.10), stress (f 2 = −0.31), and anxiety (f 2 = −0.15), but linked to poorer sleep (f 2 = −0.16). These findings provide an empirical understanding of the interplay between life events and psychological responses.