Season of birth and population schizotypy: Results from a large sample of the adult general population

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 242, Issue , 2016, Pages 245-250

  Konrath, Lisa ^a   Beckius, Danièle ^a   Tran, Ulrich S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adult general population; Schizotypy; Season of birth; Seasonal effect; Seasonality; SOB; Winter birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLUENZA; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOTYPY; SEASON OF BIRTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRIA; GERMANY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTURITION; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SEASONS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84973664492     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.05.059     Document Type: Article

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