Seasonal Variation in Mood in African American College Students in the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area

Abstract

The authors found that the frequency, magnitude, and pattern of seasonality of mood in African American students were similar to those previously reported in the general population at similar latitude, but that awareness of the existence of seasonal affective disorder, a condition with safe and effective treatment options, was lower.

G-Protein β₃ Subunit C825T Polymorphism Tends to Be Associated with Seasonal Variation in Young Male College Students

“…This high prevalence of SAD may be partially related with the younger age of our sample, because younger people are much more sensitive to seasonal changes than older people. The fact that all subjects were medical students who knew about SAD can explain the high prevalence, because subjects' awareness of SAD can increase the prevalence of SAD [21] .…”

Mood-worsening with high-pollen-counts and seasonality: A preliminary report

“…We analyzed data we previously collected for a larger study on seasonality in African American students (Agumadu et al, 2004). We used a convenience sample (n=845) of African American and African college students aged 17-67 years (mean = 29.7; SD = 9.39) from four academic sites in Washington, DC who had lived in the metropolitan DC area for at least 3 years prior to beginning the study.…”

Prevalence, behavioral manifestations and associated individual and climatic factors of seasonality in the Korean general population

“…Not all, but several studies reported the effects of female gender and younger age on greater seasonality [15][16][17][18]. Psychosocial factors were also suggested to have an impact on seasonality [19,20].…”