Reliability and validity of the japanese version of the chalder fatigue scale among youth in japan

Psychological Reports

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 682-690

  Tanaka, Masaaki ^a   Fukuda, Sanae ^a   Kei, Mizuno ^a   Imai Matsumura, Kyoko ^b   Jodoi, Takako ^c   Kawatani, Junko ^c   Takano, Miyuki ^c   Miike, Teruhisa ^c   Tomoda, Akemi ^c   Watanabe, Yasuyoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HYOGO UNIVERSITY OF TEACHER EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 60749086027     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.103.3.682-690     Document Type: Article

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