Assessment of chronotype in four- to eleven-year-old children: Reliability and validity of the Children's ChronoType Questionnaire (CCTQ)

Chronobiology International

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 992-1014

  Werner, Helene ^a   LeBourgeois, Monique K ^b,c   Geiger, Anja ^a,d   Jenni, Oskar G ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Chronotype; Midsleep point; Morningness eveningness; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDRENS CHRONOTYPE QUESTIONNAIRE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SLEEP; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 68649090223     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07420520903044505     Document Type: Article

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