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

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

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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.

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Authors: Sonnentag, S., Binnewies, C., & Mojza, E. J.
Affiliations: University of Konstanz (DE)
Corresponding author: Sonnentag, Sabine
ORCID: Sonnentag, Sabine
Binnewies, Carmen
Venue: Journal of Applied Psychology
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Published: 2008
Volume: 93
Issue: 3
Pages: 674-684
ISSN: 0021-9010 (ISSN-L)
1939-1854
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.93.3.674
OpenAlex: W2153535564
Cited by: 741
References: 78
Citations by year: 2026: 30 · 2025: 36 · 2024: 45 · 2023: 39 · 2022: 54 · 2021: 52 · 2020: 47 · 2019: 44 · 2018: 56 · 2017: 48 · 2016: 38 · 2015: 29 · 2014: 51 · 2013: 39 · 2012: 42
FWCI: 38.22
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
nbn-resolving.de
Licence: cc-by-nc-nd
Locations: Journal of Applied Psychology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
KOPS (University of Konstanz) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
Funders: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management › Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
Keywords: psychological detachment, relaxation, mastery experiences, leisure, sleep quality, emotion regulation, fatigue, tranquility, activation, public administration employees, within-person variability
MeSH terms: Adult, Affect, Convalescence, Female, Humans, Male, Psychology, Relaxation, Sleep

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