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Circadian type and mood seasonality in adolescents
Author(s) -
Tonetti Lorenzo,
Fabbri Marco,
Martoni Monica,
Natale Vincenzo
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2011.02303.x
Subject(s) - evening , mood , chronotype , morning , circadian rhythm , seasonality , psychology , preference , chronobiology , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , demography , medicine , biology , ecology , neuroscience , physics , astronomy , sociology , economics , microeconomics
The aim of the present study was to investigate, for the first time, the relationship between circadian preference and mood seasonality in adolescents. To this end, 1539 participants (881 female; 658 male) completed the Morningness–Eveningness Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents and the Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents to determine circadian preference and mood seasonality, respectively. Evening types achieved significantly higher mood seasonality scores than intermediate and morning types, as intermediates did than morning types. Agreeing with previous studies on young adults and adults, the present data indicate a significant relationship between eveningness and higher mood seasonality in adolescents.