Factors Affecting the Extent of Monday Blues: Evidence from a Meta-Analysis

A meta-analysis of 34 samples identified a small but reliable “Monday blues” effect (−.08≤d≤−.06) in samples reporting current or real-time moods for each day of the week. However, the size of the effect in samples reporting recalled summaries of moods experienced over the course of a day varied dep...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Psychological reports 2011-12, Vol.109 (3), p.723-733
Main Authors: Areni, Charles S., Burger, Mitchell, Zlatevska, Natalina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affect
Depression - psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Mental Recall
Sex Factors
Students
Universities
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:A meta-analysis of 34 samples identified a small but reliable “Monday blues” effect (−.08≤d≤−.06) in samples reporting current or real-time moods for each day of the week. However, the size of the effect in samples reporting recalled summaries of moods experienced over the course of a day varied depending on whether the sample involved university students or nonstudents. University students reporting recalled summaries of daily moods showed a large Monday blues effect (d = −.25), whereas married men who were not students reported smaller effects with greater variance (−.19≤d≤−.01). The 34 samples reporting recalled summaries of moods experienced over multiple days produced effects ranging from −.25 to −1.28, but the variance among these samples was too great to estimate an aggregate d statistic.
ISSN:0033-2941
1558-691X
DOI:10.2466/13.20.PR0.109.6.723-733