A psychometric assessment of the circadian amplitude and phase scale

Chronobiology International

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-87

  Di Milia, Lee ^a   Folkard, Simon ^b,c   Hill, Joanne ^c,d   Walker, Curtis ^e  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d EuroRAP   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian; Morningness; Sleepiness; Time awareness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650792575     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2010.502603     Document Type: Article

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