Work and Leisure Attitudes - "Sunday Night Blues"
Location
CSU 204
Start Date
23-4-2007 10:00 AM
End Date
23-4-2007 12:00 PM
Student's Major
Psychology
Student's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Mentor's Name
Lisa M. Perez
Mentor's Department
Psychology
Mentor's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Description
The term "Sunday Night Blues (SNB)" refers to the negative feelings one experiences toward the end of the weekend upon thinking about returning to work in the morning. Previous research on mood variation has focused on Mondays as being the low point of mood for the week. Unfortunately, the Monday hypothesis was only supported when data was collected retrospectively. Researchers collecting daily reports of mood throughout the week did not find the expected Monday effect. Rye (2005) used retrospective reporting, to show that about 35% of participants reported experienced SNB. Furthermore, Rye (2005) identified that the SNB phenomenon was related to feeling a loss of control in anticipation of the workweek. The goal of this study was to obtain a real time measurement of SNB on Sunday evenings and compare those to real time measurements obtained on Wednesday evenings. We predicted that participants would report a more negative mood and a greater reluctance to return to work the next day on Sunday night, compared to Wednesday night. In addition, we predicted that experiencing a lack of control and job stressors would correlate significantly with SNB and reluctance to return to work on Sunday night. Participants were asked to complete two online surveys, Sunday evening and Wednesday evening. This research has implications for organizations interested in employees' quality of life.
Work and Leisure Attitudes - "Sunday Night Blues"
CSU 204
The term "Sunday Night Blues (SNB)" refers to the negative feelings one experiences toward the end of the weekend upon thinking about returning to work in the morning. Previous research on mood variation has focused on Mondays as being the low point of mood for the week. Unfortunately, the Monday hypothesis was only supported when data was collected retrospectively. Researchers collecting daily reports of mood throughout the week did not find the expected Monday effect. Rye (2005) used retrospective reporting, to show that about 35% of participants reported experienced SNB. Furthermore, Rye (2005) identified that the SNB phenomenon was related to feeling a loss of control in anticipation of the workweek. The goal of this study was to obtain a real time measurement of SNB on Sunday evenings and compare those to real time measurements obtained on Wednesday evenings. We predicted that participants would report a more negative mood and a greater reluctance to return to work the next day on Sunday night, compared to Wednesday night. In addition, we predicted that experiencing a lack of control and job stressors would correlate significantly with SNB and reluctance to return to work on Sunday night. Participants were asked to complete two online surveys, Sunday evening and Wednesday evening. This research has implications for organizations interested in employees' quality of life.
Recommended Citation
Champagne, Vesna. "Work and Leisure Attitudes - "Sunday Night Blues"." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 23, 2007.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2007/oral-session-04/8
