A new approach to the construct of alertness

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 595-603

  Shapiro, Colin M ^a,d   Auch, Christine ^b   Reimer, Marlene ^c   Kayumov, Leonid ^a,d   Heslegrave, Ronald ^d   Huterer, Nada ^a   Driver, Helen ^a,d   Devins, Gerald M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alertness; Measurement; Psychometric; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AROUSAL; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 33646814036     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.04.012     Document Type: Article

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