The season when you were born could hold hidden clues into your personality, new research says.
Medscape.com reports that a group of researchers in Budapest studied 366 Hungarian college students and matched certain personality types and mood disorders with birth seasons.
The work suggests that those born during certain seasons are at a greater risk for experiencing irritability and depression, as well as mood swings.
“Basically, it seems that when you are born may increase or decrease your chance of developing certain mood disorders,” Lead researcher Xenia Gonda said in a statement.
After matching the subjects’ birth seasons with personality types, the researchers found several noticeable trends:
“What's new from this group of researchers is the influence of season at birth and temperament. Temperaments are not disorders but biologically-driven behavioral and emotional trends,” Professor Eduard Vieta of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology said.
Gonda told Medscape.com that the effects noticed, while impressive, were small, and that there aren't recommendations for clinicians based on the findings yet.
Medscape.com reports that a group of researchers in Budapest studied 366 Hungarian college students and matched certain personality types and mood disorders with birth seasons.
The work suggests that those born during certain seasons are at a greater risk for experiencing irritability and depression, as well as mood swings.
“Basically, it seems that when you are born may increase or decrease your chance of developing certain mood disorders,” Lead researcher Xenia Gonda said in a statement.
After matching the subjects’ birth seasons with personality types, the researchers found several noticeable trends:
- If you were born in either the spring or the summer, you have a tendency to be “excessively positive.”
- People born in the summer are more likely to experience rapid mood swings consistent with bipolar disorder.
- Autumn-born adults show less indicators of depression than those born in the winter.
- People born in the winter were less likely to have irritability issues.
“What's new from this group of researchers is the influence of season at birth and temperament. Temperaments are not disorders but biologically-driven behavioral and emotional trends,” Professor Eduard Vieta of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology said.
Gonda told Medscape.com that the effects noticed, while impressive, were small, and that there aren't recommendations for clinicians based on the findings yet.
