期刊
CHRONOBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
卷 38, 期 2, 页码 234-247出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/07420528.2020.1815758
关键词
Chronotype; circadian rhythms; diurnal preference; factor analysis; sleep homeostasis
资金
- Associacao Fundo de Incentivo a Pesquisa
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico [480894/2012-4, 301200/2016-5]
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior [001, 88887.505415/2020-00]
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo [074293, 2011/05804-5, 2013/17368-0]
- Wellcome Trust
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [11/05804-5] Funding Source: FAPESP
The study investigated the internal consistency of the MEQ scale and identified three main latent factors: morning-related items, pre-sleep related items, and peak time of cognitive arousal. The results suggest that the MEQ measures distinct yet correlated constructs, providing insight into factors influencing diurnal preferences.
Individual variability in diurnal preference or chronotype is commonly assessed with self-report scales such as the widely used morningness-eveningness questionnaire (MEQ). We sought to investigate the MEQ's internal consistency by applying exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to determine the number of underlying latent factors in four different adult samples, two each from the United Kingdom and Brazil (totalN= 3,457). We focused on factors that were apparent in all samples, irrespective of particular sociocultural diversity and geographical characteristics, so as to show a common core reproducible structure across samples. Results showed a three-factor solution with acceptable to good model fit indexes in all studied populations. Twelve of the 19 MEQ items in the three-correlated factor solution loaded onto the same factors across the four samples. This shows that the scale measures three distinguishable, yet correlated constructs: (1) items related to how people feel in the morning, which we termed efficiency of dissipation of sleep pressure (recovery process) (items 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 13, and 19); (2) items related to how people feel before sleep, which we called sensitivity to buildup of sleep pressure (items 2, 10, and 12); and (3) peak time of cognitive arousal (item 11). Although the third factor was not regarded as consistent since only one item was common among all samples, it might represent subjective amplitude. These results suggested that the latent constructs of the MEQ reflect dissociable homeostatic processes in addition to a less consistent propensity for cognitive arousal at different times of the day. By analyzing answers to MEQ items that compose these latent factors, it may be possible to extract further knowledge of factors that affect morningness-eveningness.
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