Novelty seeking among adult women is lower for the winter borns compared to the summer borns: replication in a large Finnish birth cohort

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 562-566

  Chotai, Jayanti ^a   Joukamaa, Matti ^b   Taanila, Anja ^c   Lichtermann, Dirk ^d   Miettunen, Jouko ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d Cafe Ersatz Methadone Maintenance Clinic   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REWARD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSATION SEEKING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRING; SUMMER; TEMPERAMENT; TEMPERAMENT AND CHARACTER INVENTORY; WINTER;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 70349897878     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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