Development and preliminary validation of the Glasgow Content of Thoughts Inventory (GCTI): A new measure for the assessment of pre-sleep cognitive activity

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 409-420

  Harvey, Karen J ^a   Espie, Colin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; TAPE RECORDER; THINKING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 9744235053     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/0144665042388900     Document Type: Article

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