The Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire as a measure of mood seasonality: A prospective validation study

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-59

  Murray, Greg ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Circa annual rhythms; Psychometrics; Winter depressions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOOD; PERSONALITY TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLING; SEASON; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELF REPORT; SUMMER; VALIDATION PROCESS; WINTER;

EID: 0141560264     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(03)00147-1     Document Type: Article

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