Seasonal changes in mood and creative activity among eminent Italian writers

Psychological Reports

Volumn 101, Issue 3 I, 2007, Pages 771-777

  Barbato, Giuseppe ^a   Piemontese, Simona ^a   Pastorello, Greta ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CREATIVITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LITERATURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC FIGURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASON; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; WRITING;

CREATIVENESS; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LITERATURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONS; WRITING;

EID: 38349029134     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.101.3.771-777     Document Type: Article

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