Puig-Navarro Yaiza, Arrona-Palacios Arturo, Díaz-Morales Juan F
Individual Differences, Work and Social Psychology Department, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
R&D Department, Hogrefe TEA Ediciones, Madrid, Spain.
Chronobiol Int. 2025 Mar;42(3):340-350. doi: 10.1080/07420528.2025.2469870. Epub 2025 Feb 24.
Previous studies conducted in adults indicated that the distinctness, that is, the subjective feeling of fluctuations in mood and activation - was associated with health to a greater extent than were morning affect and eveningness, but few studies have examined these relationships among adolescents. A sample of 342 Spanish adolescents (11-14 years; 44.7% girls) were assessed for morning affect, eveningness, distinctness, health-related quality of life, life satisfaction, depression symptoms, sleep habits, and self-reported academic performance. The results indicated that distinctness was associated with worse health indicators. Girls reported higher scores on distinctness and depressive symptoms whereas boys reported higher scores on morning affect, life satisfaction, physical well-being and psychological well-being. The interaction between distinctness and sex indicated that girls with greater distinctness reported greater depression, lower physical and psychological well-being, and less autonomy. The interaction between morning affect and sex indicated that girls with greater morning affect reported lower peer and social support. The results obtained in this study underline the influence of distinctness on daily functioning, especially in girls, and highlight how this characteristic is related to other aspects of health. These findings suggest that the subjective feeling of fluctuations in mood and activation during the day may have a greater impact on adolescents' quality of life than do morning affect and eveningness, highlighting the importance of considering the circadian component of distinctness when designing programs to improve adolescent health.
先前针对成年人开展的研究表明，情绪波动感（即情绪和活力波动的主观感受）与健康的关联程度比晨型情绪和夜型偏好更强，但很少有研究探讨青少年群体中的这些关系。对342名西班牙青少年（11至14岁；44.7%为女孩）的样本进行了评估，涉及晨型情绪、夜型偏好、情绪波动感、健康相关生活质量、生活满意度、抑郁症状、睡眠习惯以及自我报告的学业成绩。结果表明，情绪波动感与较差的健康指标相关。女孩在情绪波动感和抑郁症状方面得分较高，而男孩在晨型情绪、生活满意度、身体幸福感和心理幸福感方面得分较高。情绪波动感与性别的交互作用表明，情绪波动感较强的女孩抑郁程度更高，身体和心理幸福感更低，自主性也更低。晨型情绪与性别的交互作用表明，晨型情绪较强的女孩获得的同伴和社会支持较少。本研究所得结果强调了情绪波动感对日常功能的影响，尤其是对女孩的影响，并凸显了这一特征与健康其他方面的关联。这些发现表明，白天情绪和活力波动的主观感受可能比晨型情绪和夜型偏好对青少年的生活质量影响更大，这凸显了在设计改善青少年健康的项目时考虑情绪波动感的昼夜节律成分的重要性。
