The development and validation of the Arabic Scale of Insomnia (ASI)

Sleep and Hypnosis

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-10

  Abdel Khalek, Ahmed M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Adults; College students; Kuwait; Reliability; The Arabic Scale of Insomnia (ASI); Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 50049091239     PISSN: 13021192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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