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

Areni, Charles S.; Burger, Mitchell; Zlatevska, Natalina

doi:10.2466/13.20.pr0.109.6.723-733

Cited by 15 publications

(17 citation statements)

References 24 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…One of the explanations can be the possibility of the contributing factor of the stress-levels fitting the day of the week. These stress-levels may play a role in the findings in this study (Areni et al, 2011; van Roekel et al, 2015). In future research, it is recommended to start the diary study on different days, to control for this order effect.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 66%

“…As mentioned above, a fifth limitation concerns the same start day for all participants of the diary- measures, namely on Monday. To control for week-effects, it might be better to randomize the start day for filling in the diary over the participants (Areni et al, 2011; van Roekel et al, 2015). Sixth, in this study, only intensity of stress was included as independent variable, while also the source of stress is of importance (O’Connor et al, 2008).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Stress and Eating Behavior: A Daily Diary Study in Youngsters

et al. 2018

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background: Overweight and obesity are growing problems, with more attention recently, to the role of stress in the starting and maintaining process of these clinical problems. However, the mechanisms are not yet known and well-understood; and ecological momentary analyses like the daily variations between stress and eating are far less studied. Emotional eating is highly prevalent and is assumed to be an important mechanism, as a maladaptive emotion regulation (ER) strategy, in starting and maintaining the vicious cycle of (pediatric) obesity.Objectives: The present study aims to investigate in youngsters (10 – 17 years) the daily relationship between stress and the trajectories of self-reported eating behavior (desire to eat motives; hunger eating motives and snacking) throughout 1 week; as well as the moderating role of emotion regulation and emotional eating in an average weight population.Methods: Participants were 109 average weighted youngsters between the age of 10 and 17 years (Mage = 13.49; SD = 1.64). The youngsters filled in a trait-questionnaire on emotion regulation and emotional eating at home before starting the study, and answered an online diary after school time, during seven consecutive days. Desire to eat motives, hunger eating motives and snacking were assessed daily for seven consecutive days.Results: Using multilevel analyses results revealed that daily stress is significantly associated with trajectories of desire to eat motives and hunger eating motives. No evidence was found for the moderating role of maladaptive ER in these relationships; marginally significant evidence was found for the moderating role of emotional eating in the trajectories of desire to eat and snacking.Discussion: These results stress the importance of looking into the daily relationship between stress and eating behavior parameters, as both are related with change over and within days. More research is needed to draw firm conclusion on the moderating role of ER strategies and emotional eating.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 66%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stress and Eating Behavior: A Daily Diary Study in Youngsters

et al. 2018

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…First, weekday affects mood [ 10 – 13 ]. In particular, mood tends to be more negative near the beginning of the week (especially Mondays [ 10 , 13 ]) and more positive towards the end of the week (especially Fridays and Saturdays [ 11 , 13 ]). Second, mood affects decision-making [ 14 ].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Weekly Fluctuations in Risk Tolerance and Voting Behaviour

Sanders

Jenkins

2016

PLoS ONE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Risk tolerance is fundamental to decision-making and behaviour. Here we show that individuals’ tolerance of risk follows a weekly cycle. We observed this cycle directly in a behavioural experiment using the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (Lejuez et al., 2002; Study 1). We also observed it indirectly via voting intentions, gathered from 81,564 responses across 70 opinion polls ahead of the Scottish Independence Referendum of 2014 (Study 2) and 149,064 responses across 77 opinion polls ahead of the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum of 2016 (Study 3). In all three studies, risk-tolerance decreased from Monday to Thursday before returning to a higher level on Friday. This pattern is politically significant because UK elections and referendums are traditionally held on a Thursday—the lowest point for risk tolerance. In particular, it raises the possibility that voting outcomes in the UK could be systematically risk-averse. In line with our analysis, the actual proportion of Yes votes in the Scottish Independence Referendum was 4% lower than forecast. Taken together, our findings reveal that the seven-day weekly cycle may have unexpected consequences for human decision-making. They also suggest that the day on which a vote is held could determine its outcome.

show abstract

“…Instead, attitudes studied in both the lab and field appear to be more general (e.g. affective states at the beginning of the week; Areni, Burger, & Zlatevska, ) or those that could be gauged through experimental manipulation of workplace characteristics (e.g. perceptions of fairness, Truxillo et al, ; selection reactions, Hausknecht, ).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reconciling the Two Disciplines of Organisational Science: A Comparison of Findings from Lab and Field Research

Vanhove

Harms

2015

Applied Psychology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

A strong preference for field research exists in the organisational sciences. However, it is unclear whether or under what conditions this is warranted. To examine this issue we conducted a second‐order meta‐analysis of 203 lab‐field pairs of meta‐analytic effects representing a diverse range of work‐related relationships. As expected, results showed a larger effect for lab (r = .25) than for field research (r = .14). However, the correspondence between the rank‐order of effect sizes for relationships assessed in lab settings and matched effects assessed in field settings was weaker (r = .61) than previous estimates from related areas of research. Moderators of lab‐field effect size magnitude and rank‐order correspondence were tested. Effect size magnitudes from the lab and field were most similar when lab studies used correlational designs, when using psychological state and trait (as opposed to demographic or workplace characteristic) variables as predictors, and when assessing attitudinal outcomes. Lab–field rank‐order correspondence was strongest when testing psychological state and workplace characteristic predictors and when assessing attitudinal and decisional outcomes. Findings offer recommendations for interpreting primary lab and field effects and inform evaluations of “when” findings from lab and field studies are likely to align.

show abstract

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

Cited by 15 publications

References 24 publications

Stress and Eating Behavior: A Daily Diary Study in Youngsters

Stress and Eating Behavior: A Daily Diary Study in Youngsters

Weekly Fluctuations in Risk Tolerance and Voting Behaviour

Reconciling the Two Disciplines of Organisational Science: A Comparison of Findings from Lab and Field Research

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About