Terry, Peter C. and Parsons-Smith, Renee and King, Rachel 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3302-0919 and Terry, Victoria R.
(2021)
Influence of sex, age, and education on mood profile clusters.
PLoS One, 16 (2):e0245341.
pp. 1-16.
ISSN 1932-6203
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Abstract
In the area of mood profiling, six distinct profiles are reported in the literature, termed the iceberg, inverse iceberg, inverse Everest, shark fin, surface, and submerged profiles. We investigated if the prevalence of the six mood profiles varied by sex, age, and education among a large heterogeneous sample. The Brunel Mood Scale (BRUMS) was completed via the In The Mood website by 15,692 participants. A seeded k-means cluster analysis was used to confirm the six profiles, and discriminant function analysis was used to validate cluster classifications. Significant variations in the prevalence of mood profiles by sex, age, and education status were confirmed. For example, females more frequently reported negative mood profiles than males, and older and more highly educated participants had a higher prevalence of the iceberg profile than their younger and lesser educated counterparts. Findings suggest that refinement of the existing tables of normative data for the BRUMS should be considered.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Data files for this research are available at https://eprints.usq.edu.au/40412/. |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Institute for Resilient Regions - Centre for Health Research (1 Apr 2020 -) |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology and Counselling (1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2021) |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Feb 2021 05:59 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Sep 2021 00:15 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | mood profiles; Brunel Mood Scale (BRUMS); sex; age; education |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1701 Psychology > 170114 Sport and Exercise Psychology |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5201 Applied and developmental psychology > 520107 Sport and exercise psychology |
| Identification Number or DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245341 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/41384 |
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