Test-retest reliability of the Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire in Old Order Amish

International Journal on Disability and Human Development

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-90

  Kuehner, Ryan M ^a,b,c   Vaswani, Dipika ^a   Raheja, Uttam K ^a,d   Sleemi, Aamar ^a,d   Yousufi, Hassaan ^a   Mohyuddin, Hira ^a   Postolache, Nadine ^a   Nijjar, Gagan Virk ^a   Postolache, Teodor T ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Providence Behavioral Health   (United States)

^c Harrisburg Area Community College Lancaster Campus ^*  (United States)

^d St Elizabeths Hospital   (United States)

^e National Center for the Treatment of Phobias   (United States)

Author keywords

Amish; Depression; Season pattern assessment questionnaire (SPAQ); Seasonal affective disorder (SAD); Seasonality; Test retest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMISH; ARTICLE; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GLOBAL SEASONALITY SCORE; HUMAN; MALE; PROBLEM RATING SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL PATTERN ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 84881642176     PISSN: 21911231     EISSN: 21910367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijdhd-2012-0125     Document Type: Article

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