Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire (SPAQ);Propiedades psicométricas de la versión castellana del cuestionario de evaluación de patrón estacional (Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire, SPAQ)

Revista Latinoamericana de Psicologia

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-69

  Adan, Ana ^a   Natale, Vincenzo ^b   Fabbri, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Affective disorder; Gender differences; Seasonal; SPAQ

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744826816     PISSN: 01200534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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