Effect of seasonal changes on psychological well-being of women

Abstract

The present study entitled “effect of seasonal changes on psychological wellbeing of women” was intended to analyze the effects of seasonal changes on psychological wellbeing of women population. The sample size for the study was N = 200 women. The seasonal pattern assessment questionnaire (modified from Rosenthal, Bradt & Wehr 1987) was administered on university students, which was used to measure the effect of seasonal changes. The data was collected form, the students of Comsats Institute of Informational Technology Abbottabad campus during the winter semester of 2017-2018 academic years. The participant age range from 20 to 30(M = 22.17, SD = 2.16). As per the marital status single individuals possessed highest frequency level with the percentage of 88%, followed by married individual with 10% frequency level, and then separate /divorced comprises of 2% of the sample. Married individuals showed high scores on global seasonality as compared to singles (p <.05). Results of the present study shows the positive correlation of summer on psychological wellbeing (r = .29, p < .01). With that it also discloses that winter is positively correlated with sleep duration. While, spring is positively correlated with psychological wellbeing(r = .21, p < .01). Current study also revealed that food consumption is positively correlated with winter (r = .19, p < .01). Overall the study findings revealed that all participants feel better during the summertime and worst during wintertime.