Department of Psychology, University of Florence, Via di San Salvi 12 Complesso di San Salvi Padiglione 26, 50135, Florence, Italy,
Int J Biometeorol. 2013 Nov;57(6):845-56. doi: 10.1007/s00484-012-0612-0. Epub 2012 Dec 14.
This study analyzes the effect of weather variables, such as solar radiation, indoor and outdoor air temperature, relative humidity and time spent outdoor, on the behavior of 2-year-old children and their affects across different seasons: winter, spring and summer. Participants were a group of 61 children (33 males and 28 females) attending four day-care centers in Florence (Central Italy). Mean age of children at the beginning of the study was 24.1 months (SD = 3.6). We used multilevel linear analyses to account for the hierarchical structure of our data. The study analyzed the following behavioral variables: Activity Level, Attentional Focusing, Frustration, and Aggression. Results showed a different impact of some weather variables on children's behavior across seasons, indicating that the weather variable that affects children's behavior is usually the one that shows extreme values during the studied seasons, such as air temperature and relative humidity in winter and summer. Studying children and their reactions to weather conditions could have potentially wide-reaching implications for parenting and teaching practices, as well as for researchers studying social relationships development.
本研究分析了天气变量（如太阳辐射、室内外空气温度、相对湿度和户外活动时间）对 2 岁儿童行为的影响，并探讨了这些影响在不同季节（冬季、春季和夏季）的差异。参与者为佛罗伦萨（意大利中部）的四个日托中心的 61 名儿童（33 名男性和 28 名女性）。研究开始时，儿童的平均年龄为 24.1 个月（SD=3.6）。我们使用多层线性分析来解释数据的层次结构。该研究分析了以下行为变量：活动水平、注意力集中、挫折感和攻击性。结果表明，一些天气变量对儿童行为的影响在不同季节有所不同，这表明在研究季节中，对儿童行为有影响的天气变量通常是那些表现出极端值的变量，如冬季和夏季的空气温度和相对湿度。研究儿童及其对天气条件的反应可能对育儿和教学实践以及研究社会关系发展的研究人员具有广泛的影响。
