Department of Clinical and Theoretical Mental Health, Kutvolgyi Clinical Center, Semmelweis University; Kutvolgyi ut 4., 1125 Budapest, Hungary.
J Affect Disord. 2011 Jul;132(1-2):64-70. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.01.015. Epub 2011 Feb 21.
Several studies indicate a significant association between birth season and personality and neuropsychiatric disorders. The aim of our present study was to investigate the association between affective temperaments and season of birth in a nonclinical sample.
366 university students completed the standardized Hungarian version of the Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego-Auto-questionnaire (TEMPS-A). Ordinary Least Squares regression was applied to explain the relationship between TEMPS-A subscale and birth season of the respondents.
We found a significant association between temperament scores and birth season in the case of the Hyperthymic, Cyclothymic, Irritable and Depressive temperaments, while no significant results emerged for the Anxious temperament.
The relatively small sample size, especially in the case of seasonal and monthly subsamples limits generalization of our results.
Our results support the evidence that there is a strong association between season of birth and personality, extending the results to affective temperaments as well. Furthermore, our results are in line with clinical observations concerning the seasonal variation of onset and hospitalization due to affective episodes. This is especially important, since affective temperaments are conceived as the subaffective and subclinical manifestations of major and minor affective disorders indicating a risk for the development of these disorders and also exerting a possible pathoplastic effect, thus our results also have clinical significance.
几项研究表明，出生季节与个性和神经精神障碍之间存在显著关联。我们目前的研究旨在调查非临床样本中情感气质与出生季节之间的关联。
366 名大学生完成了匈牙利版的孟菲斯、比萨、巴黎和圣地亚哥自动问卷（TEMPS-A）的标准化版本。应用普通最小二乘法回归来解释 TEMPS-A 子量表与受访者出生季节之间的关系。
我们发现，在欣快、环性、易怒和抑郁气质方面，气质评分与出生季节之间存在显著关联，而在焦虑气质方面则没有显著结果。
季节性和月度样本量相对较小，特别是在季节性和月度样本量较小的情况下，限制了我们结果的推广。
我们的结果支持这样一种证据，即出生季节与个性之间存在很强的关联，将结果扩展到情感气质。此外，我们的结果与临床观察结果一致，即情感发作的发病和住院治疗存在季节性变化。这一点尤为重要，因为情感气质被认为是主要和次要情感障碍的亚情感和亚临床表现，表明这些障碍的发展风险，并且还可能产生可能的病理性影响，因此我们的结果也具有临床意义。
