FACTORS AFFECTING THE EXTENT OF MONDAY BLUES: EVIDENCE FROM A META-ANALYSIS
- Resource Type
- Academic Journal
- Authors
- Areni, Charles S.; Burger, Mitchell; Zlatevska, Natalina
- Source
- Psychological Reports. Dec 01, 2011 109(3):723-733
- Subject
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0033-2941
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.