Psychiatry Research
Volume 153, Issue 2 , Pages 199-201, 31 October 2007

Season of birth modulates mood seasonality in humans

  • Vincenzo Natale

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 5-40127 Bologna, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 51 2091846; fax: +39 51 243086.
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  • Ana Adan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, School of Psychology, University of Barcelona, Passeig de la Vall d'Hebron 171, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
    • Tel.: +34 93 3125060; fax: +34 93 4021584.
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  • Jayanti Chotai

      Affiliations

    • Division of Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Umeå, Hospital University, SE-901 85 Umeå, Sweden
    • Tel.: +46 90 7850000; fax: +46 90 135324.

Received 30 March 2006; received in revised form 28 December 2006; accepted 30 December 2006.

Abstract 

We investigate whether mood seasonality is modulated by season of birth. A sample of 1682 university students were administered the Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire. We found that subjects born during spring or summer months had significantly higher Global Seasonality scores than those born during autumn or winter months.

Keywords: Mood seasonality, Seasons of birth, Circadian typology

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PII: S0165-1781(07)00002-9

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2006.12.022

Psychiatry Research
Volume 153, Issue 2 , Pages 199-201, 31 October 2007

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