This repo contains the code for the analyses presented in our journal article, "An exploratory analysis of emotion dynamics between mothers and adolescents during conflict discussions" (Main, Paxton, & Dale, 2016, Emotion).

To accompany the code, we also provide de-identified data for two dyads (contained in the data folder). We include the emotion time series for one low-satisfaction dyad and for one high-satisfaction dyad.

Key variables in the Main_Paxton_Dale-all_analyses.Rmd files are a_target_emotion and p_target_emotion, which specify the categories of emotion states to be used in the plotting and computations. These lists are then used in source files:

• globals-functions.R: Prepares workspace by importing data, loading necessary libraries, and creating new functions
• get_rqa_measures.R: Calculates cross-recurrence profiles on the target emotion categories
• lmer_stats.R: Runs linear mixed-effects models for standardized and unstandardized time series for all dyads' data, by adolescent age, and by dyad satisfaction score
• plot_drps_age.R: Plots recurrence results by adolescent age
• plot_drps_satisfaction.R: Plots recurrence results by dyad satisfaction score

For best viewing in a browser, we recommend selecting the Main_Paxton_Dale-all_analyses.md, rather than the similarly named .Rmd file. (Analyses should be run using the .Rmd file of the same name.)

For those unfamiliar with R markdown, we recommend taking a look at RStudio's introduction to R markdown before attempting to run the .Rmd file. (Be sure to download RStudio first, if you do not already have it installed on your machine.)