Reviewing the psychometric properties of contemporary circadian typology measures

Chronobiology International

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1261-1271

  Di Milia, Lee ^a   Adan, Ana ^b,c   Natale, Vincenzo ^d   Randler, Christoph ^e  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Institute for Brain Cognition and Behavior (IR3C)   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronotype; Circadian typology; Morningness eveningness preference; Psychometric

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SLEEP;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SLEEP;

EID: 84887986308     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2013.817415     Document Type: Article

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