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Scientists have found that generally the world feels
brighter when you wake up.
People start the day in the best frame of mind in the
morning, but end in the worst, at about midnight, the findings
suggest, with the day of the week and the season also playing
a part.
Mental health also tends to be more varied at weekends
but steadier during the week, according to the study led by
University College London.
“Generally, things do seem better in the morning,” the
researchers concluded.
Mental health and wellbeing are dynamic in nature, and
subject to change over short and long periods. However, few
studies have looked at how they might change over the course
of the day.
Scientists wanted to explore whether time of day was
associated with variations in mental health, happiness, life
satisfaction, sense of life being worthwhile and loneliness.
People in the study answered questionnaires, with
questions such as: “In the past week, how happy did you
feel?”, “How satisfied have you been with your life?”, and “To
what extent have you felt the things you are doing in your life
are worthwhile?”
Factors such as age, health conditions and whether
people worked were taken into account.
The results showed that happiness, life satisfaction, and
worthwhile ratings were all higher on Mondays and Fridays
than on Sundays, while happiness was also higher on
Tuesdays.
There was no evidence that loneliness differed
across days of the week.
There was clear evidence of a seasonal influence on
mood. Compared with winter, people tended to have lower
levels of depressive and anxiety symptoms and loneliness, and
higher levels of happiness, and feeling that life was worthwhile
in the three other seasons.
Mental health was best in the summer across all outcomes.
But the season didn’t affect the associations observed across
the day, however.
This was an observational study, so it cannot establish
cause.
The Guardian.com. February 5, 2025. Adaptado.
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