The Moon and Mental Illness: A Failure to Confirm the Transylvania Effect Journal Articles

abstract

• The Transylvania effect—the notion that certain patient behavior coincides with moon phases—was carefully tested during a 3-mo. summer period in 1969. Three non-reactive measures were employed and no significant results were found on any of them. It was concluded that a meaningful correlation between the moon phase and acting out behavior of mental patients did not exist and, therefore, did nor explain many unresolved problems in the area.

authors

• Shapiro, JL
• Streiner, David Lloyd
• Gray, AL
• Williams, Nancy L
• Soble, Connie

status

• published 

publication date

• June 1970

has subject area

• 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences (FoR)
• 1701 Psychology (FoR)
• 1702 Cognitive Sciences (FoR)
• Acting Out (MeSH)
• Hospitals, Psychiatric (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Mental Disorders (MeSH)
• Periodicity (MeSH)
• Sport Sciences (Science Metrix)

published in

• Perceptual and Motor Skills  Journal

keywords

• Acting Out
• Hospitals, Psychiatric
• Humans
• Mental Disorders
• Periodicity

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.2466/pms.1970.30.3.827

PubMed ID

• 5429333

start page

• 827

end page

• 830

volume

• 30

issue

• 3