We aren’t all morning people. But maybe we should be, as recent research reveals that people tend to have better mental health and well-being scores in the morning than at night.
“There is a clear time-of-day pattern in self-reported mental health and well-being,” the research study states, published in BMJ Mental Health today. “There is also an association with day of the week and season, with particularly strong evidence for better mental health and well-being in the summer.”
Research shows that mental health and well-being are far from stagnant, seeing their fair share of shifts over time. Some studies track these changes through lives. Others, over a period of years or a year. Yet there aren’t many studies that trace mental health and well-being diurnally, during the shortened timescale of the day.
“Mood is known to change over seasons of the year, days of the week, and even over the ...
