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Morningness-Eveningness in Adolescents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 April 2014

Juan Francisco Díaz-Morales  and
María Gutiérrez Sorroche
Juan Francisco Díaz-Morales*
Affiliation:
Universidad Complutense
María Gutiérrez Sorroche
Affiliation:
I.E.S. Luis García Berlanga
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Juan Francisco Díaz-Morales, Departamento Psicología Diferencial y Trabajo, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Campus de Somosaguas, 28223, MADRID (Spain). Fax: 91 394 3189. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Individual morningness-eveningness differences explain the rhythmic variations of behavioral and biological patterns. Several studies have corroborated that morningness preference increases over adulthood and aging. Adolescents shift their time of day preferences from morningness to eveningness during puberty. The aims of this study were translate to Spanish the Morningness-Eveningness Scale for Children (MESC) and to analyze age and sex differences. A group of 600 adolescents (aged between 12 and 16 years) participated in the study. Psychometric analysis showed that reliability and factor structure were suitable and similar to previous studies. The results indicated a clear decrease of morningness as of 12 years. Boys were more morningness-oriented than girls in several items of the questionnaire. In view of the results, several educational implications are raised.

La tendencia a la matutinidad-vespertinidad permite explicar gran parte de las variaciones rítmicas de patrones biológicos y conductuales. Se ha constatado que con la edad se produce un incremento paulatino de la matutinidad. En población adolescente se ha detectado una mayor tendencia a la vespertinidad. Los objetivos del estudio fueron la traducción y adaptación del Morningness-Eveningness Scale for Children (MESC) a población adolescente, así como el análisis de las diferencias de edad y sexo. En el estudio participaron 600 adolescentes entre 12 y 16 años. Los resultados indicaron que el MESC es un instrumento fiable en población adolescente, siendo su estructura factorial similar a la obtenida en otros estudios. A partir de los 12 años se producía una disminución progresiva de la matutinidad, siendo esta disminución mayor para las mujeres que para los varones en algunos elementos del cuestionario. Se plantean algunas implicaciones educativas a raíz de los resultados obtenidos.

Keywords

morningness-eveningnessadolescenceagesexmatutinidad-vespertinidadadolescenciaedadsexo
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Articles
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , May 2008 , pp. 201 - 206
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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