"Did you have a nice evening?" A day-level study on recovery experiences, sleep, and affect.

By Sabine Sonnentag, Carmen Binnewies, Eva J. Mojza. Journal of Applied Psychology, 2008

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In this study, the authors used a within-person design to examine the relation between recovery experiences (psychological detachment, relaxation, mastery experiences) during leisure time, sleep, and affect in the next morning. Daily survey data gathered over the course of 1 work week from 166 public administration employees analyzed with a hierarchical linear modeling approach showed that low psychological detachment from work during the evening predicted negative activation and fatigue, whereas mastery experiences during the evening predicted positive activation and relaxation predicted serenity. Sleep quality showed relations with all affective states variables. This study adds to research on job-stress recovery and affect regulation by showing which specific experiences from the nonwork domain may improve affect before the start of the next working day.

Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Good morning, good day: A diary study on positive emotions, hope, and work engagement (2012, background): “Indeed, Sonnentag et al. (2008) found that positive experiences in the evening affect next morning’s state of mind, so more insight in activities in the evening would be advisable in future diary studies as well.”
Job insecurity, recovery and well-being at work: Recovery experiences as moderators (2010, background): “Second, in the study by Sonnentag and Fritz (2007) relaxation was linked to low levels of need for recovery from work and emotional job exhaustion Further, the one-week diary study by Sonnentag et al. (2008a) showed that relaxation in the evening was related to positive mood the next morning.”
Recovery experiences as moderators between psychosocial work characteristics and occupational well-being (2009, unknown): “Sonnentag & Bayer, 2005 ; Sonnentag, Binnewies, & Mojza, 2008 ; Sonnentag, Mojza, Binnewies, & Scholl, 2008 ).”
Smartphone Use, Work–Home Interference, and Burnout: A Diary Study on the Role of Recovery (2014, background): “Furthermore, Sonnentag et al. (2008a) showed that relaxation during evening hours had beneficial effects on employee well-being.”
Work-Family Conflict, Enrichment, and Balance under “Levels” and “Episodes” Approaches (2011, background): “, 2009; Story & Repetti, 2006) or from certain roles, and relaxation and leisure-time mastery experiences (Sonnentag et al., 2008).”
Building a Sustainable Model of Human Energy in Organizations: Exploring the Critical Role of Resources (2012, background): “For example, respondents can complete diaries tracking energetic activation over a period of time (such as a day, week, or a month; Rothbard & Wilk, 2011; Sonnentag et al., 2008) or experiential sampling where individuals are pinged at particular times to respond about their current energy level.”
Doing Good at Work Feels Good at Home, but Not Right Away: When and Why Perceived Prosocial Impact Predicts Positive Affect (2012, background): “Third, our study extends beyond research showing that mentally detaching from work is associated with improved affective states at home (Sonnentag et al., 2008).”
Beginning the workday yet already depleted? Consequences of late-night smartphone use and sleep (2014, background): “In particular, smartphone use for work at night prevents employees from psychologically detaching themselves from work, which is problematic because detachment has beneficial effects on sleep (Sonnentag, Dorman, & Demerouti, 2010; Sonnentag et al., 2008).”