Morningness–Eveningness Questionnaire: Reliability and factorial structure of the full and reduced versions in Spanish adolescents

dc.contributor.authorManjón Caballero, José Luis
dc.contributor.authorDíaz Morales, Juan Francisco
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-06T11:07:41Z
dc.date.available2025-06-06T11:07:41Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractThis study analyzed the suitability of the Morningness–Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ) for Spanish adolescents, focusing on reliability, structure, and age/sex invariance. 2,268 adolescents (49.1% girls, aged 12–17) participated. Four MEQ items were unsuitable, leading to a 15-item version (MEQ-15) with good reliability and fit to a bifactor model: general morningness–eveningness factor and awakening time, sleep time, and time of greatest efficiency factors. The reduced MEQ (rMEQ) also fit a one-factor model. Sex and age invariance were tenable for the general factor of MEQ-15 and rMEQ. Morningness declines during adolescence, with boys showing more morningness than girls. Both versions show good psychometric properties.
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Psicología Social, del Trabajo y Diferencial
dc.description.facultyFac. de Psicología
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.sponsorshipMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovacion (España)
dc.description.statuspub
dc.identifier.citationManjón-Caballero, J.L. & Díaz-Morales, J.F. (2025). Morningness–Eveningness Questionnaire: Reliability and factorial structure of the full and reduced versions in Spanish adolescents, Chronobiology International, DOI: 10.1080/07420528.2025.2509634
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/07420528.2025.2509634
dc.identifier.essn1525-6073
dc.identifier.issn0742-0528
dc.identifier.officialurlhttps://doi.org/10.1080/07420528.2025.2509634
dc.identifier.pmid40433950
dc.identifier.relatedurlhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07420528.2025.2509634
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/121016
dc.journal.titleChronobiology International
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PID2020-116600RB-I00/ES/EFECTOS DE UN PROGRAMA DE INTERVENCION INTEGRAL EN HABITOS DE SUEÑO EN ADOLESCENTES CON PERSPECTIVA DE GENERO/
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject.cdu612.821
dc.subject.keywordMorningness‒Eveningness Questionnaire
dc.subject.keywordReduced MEQ
dc.subject.keywordAdolescents
dc.subject.keywordFactorial structure
dc.subject.keywordSex and age factorial invariance
dc.subject.ucmPsicología (Psicología)
dc.subject.unesco61 Psicología
dc.titleMorningness–Eveningness Questionnaire: Reliability and factorial structure of the full and reduced versions in Spanish adolescents
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