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dc.contributor.authorLeibowitz, Kari
dc.contributor.authorVittersø, Joar
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-05T12:45:00Z
dc.date.available2021-02-05T12:45:00Z
dc.date.issued2020-09-30
dc.description.abstractPrevious research of the effect of winter on wellbeing has yielded contradictory findings. While there is evidence that the lack of sunlight in wintertime can lead to seasonal depression and negative emotions, many individuals are able to thrive during the winter. What might determine whether the darkness of winter leads to poor psychological outcomes? To investigate whether or not mindset contributes to wintertime wellbeing, we assessed wintertime mindset via a Wintertime Mindset Scale measuring attitudes towards winter. A survey of 238 respondents from southern Norway, northern Norway, and the Arctic island of Svalbard identified correlations between positive wintertime mindset and measures of wellbeing, including life satisfaction and positive emotions. Latitude and wintertime mindset were also correlated, with more northern residents, who experience significantly more darkness and somewhat colder temperatures during the winter, holding more positive wintertime mindsets, and wintertime mindset statistically mediating the relationship between location and wellbeing. These results suggest that mindset is a previously overlooked factor of seasonal wellbeing, especially in places where the winter darkness is more extreme. Implications of these findings and suggestions for further research are discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLeibowitz K, Vittersø J. Winter is coming: Wintertime mindset and wellbeing in Norway. International Journal of Wellbeing. 2020;10(4):35-54en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1850903
dc.identifier.doi10.5502/ijw.v10i4.935
dc.identifier.issn1179-8602
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/20521
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Wellbeingen_US
dc.relation.journalInternational Journal of Wellbeing
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2020 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Psychology: 260en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Psykologi: 260en_US
dc.titleWinter is coming: Wintertime mindset and wellbeing in Norwayen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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