DAILY ACTIVITIES AND DAILY MOOD IN OLD-AGE

Using the diary method, the correlation between daily mood and everyda y activities is analyzed. Positive and negative affect were used as in dicator of daily mood. Duration of social activities and resting durin g the day were used as indicator of daily activities. A total of 55 el derly persons kept a activity and mood diary for at least 50 days. The data were analyzed interindividually (using regression analyses) and intraindividually (using time series analyses). While positive affect and duration of social activities correlate positively in both inter- and intraindividual perspective, there is a relationship between negat ive affect and duration of rest only in interindividual perspective. T heoretical and practical implications of the results are discussed.