Dutch scientists decided to find out whether our mood depends on whether the sun shines or rain falls.
As you know, weather has a significant impact on the emotional state of a person. Some of us get depressed when they start pouring autumn rains, others feel a surge of happiness in warm weather. As shown by a study of 500 adolescents and their mothers, the weather really can have an impact on emotions and feelings. Among the participants of the study, the researchers identified four groups. Heat fans feel happier and less cranky during the warm time of the year. Haters warm weather prefer cold Sunny days, feeling more comfortable in winter than in summer. For the haters rain depression and anxiety evoked a raw, rainy weather, typical for autumn. The fourth group consisted of people, for emotions which the weather has no effect.
Sun lovers accounted for 17% of the participants, haters heat – 27% haters rain – 9%, and the rest of the weather was left untouched. In addition, the researchers noticed that the weather preferences are inherited from parents. So, mothers and their children are more likely to fall into one group.
Thus, the scientists conclude, the weather effect on the mood of about half of us, and the emotional state of others is not directly related to the weather. Their mood can with equal probability was good or bad as a hot summer day, and in the rainy season.
