Scientists find that things look better in the morning Mental health
The nightmare day at work? History stands for you? Don’t worry, things will really look better in the morning.
In the most comprehensive study of its kind, scientists have found that in general, the world feels brighter when waking up.
People today start in the best mental framework in the morning, but they are ending in the worse, in the middle of the night, the results indicate, with a week and the season playing as well.
Mental health also tends to be more diverse on weekends, but it is more stable during the week, according to the study led by the University University of London.
The researchers concluded that “things look better in the morning.” Their results were published In BMJ Mental Health Magazine.
Mental and luxury health is dynamic in nature, and is subject to change within short and long periods. However, you have searched a few studies on how to change it throughout the day, and those that only have to look at special or very small groups of people.
Scientists wanted to explore whether today’s time is related to changes in mental health, happiness, satisfaction with life and a sense of life worthy of attention and loneliness. They also wanted to know if these associations varied one day, season or year.
They analyzed the data from Ucl Covid-19Which started in March 2020, included regular monitoring until November 2021, then additional monitoring up to March 2022.
This included nearly one million surveys of nearly 50,000 adults over two years.
People in the study answered the questionnaires, with questions such as: “Last week, how happy you are?” , “How satisfied you are about your life?” And, “To what extent you felt the things you are doing in your life worthy of attention?”
Factors such as age and health conditions and whether people are considering.
The results showed that happiness and satisfaction with life and evaluation of interest were higher on Monday and Fridays on Sunday, while happiness was also higher on Tuesday. There was no evidence that the unit varies during the days of the week.
There was clear evidence of a seasonal effect on the mood. Compared to the winter, people tend to have levels less than symptoms of depression, anxiety, a feeling of loneliness, and higher levels of happiness, and the satisfaction of life and the feeling that life was worthy of attention in the other three seasons.
Mental health was the best in summer in all results. But the season did not affect the associations that were observed throughout the day.
This was a note -based study, so the cause cannot be proven. The researchers said that when people chose to fill their questionnaires, it has affected the results, adding that there is no information available for sleeping sessions, latitude or weather, which may also be effective.
However, they suggested that the changes in mental health and well -being throughout the day may be explained by physiological changes associated with the body’s watch.
For example, cortisol [a hormone that regulates mood, motivation and fear] They said that the peak is shortly after waking up and reaching its lowest levels around bedtime.
However, they said that the differences between the days of the week and the weekends may be driven by things such as the daily activities sequence, which are likely to be different between weekends and the days of the week.
“The results we have reached is that, on average, the mental health of people and their well -being is better in the morning and worst in the middle of the night,” said Dr. Fifayy Po, of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health at the University of California in the United States.
“We have relied on a large sample of repeated data – nearly one million wiping responses from 49,000 participants over a period of two years.
“However, this style can reflect when people choose to respond to a survey, instead of the direct impact of today. For example, it may be likely to interact with those who already feel better in the morning with the questionnaire at the time.
“While these results are interesting, they need to be repeated in other studies that completely explain this potential bias.
“If health is validated, this may have important practical implications. Researchers who are looking for the mental health of people and their well -being must take into account the time when people respond.
“Mental health support services may consider resource controls to match the volatile needs throughout the day-for example, to give priority to their availability late at night.”