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Validity of the Japanese version of the Munich ChronoType Questionnaire
Abstract
To assess circadian preference with a score, the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ) has been used for more than 3 decades now. More recently, the Munich ChronoType Questionnaire (MCTQ) was developed: it asks for sleep-wake behavior on work and free days and uses the midpoint of sleep on free days (MSF), corrected for sleep debt accumulated during the work week as an indicator of chronotype (MSFsc). In this study, we developed a Japanese version of the MCTQ by using a translation/back-translation approach including an examination of its semantic validity. In a subsequent questionnaire survey, 450 adult men and women completed the Japanese versions of the MCTQ and MEQ. Results showed that MEQ scores were significantly negatively correlated with mid-sleep parameters assessed by the MCTQ, on both, work and free days, as well as with the chronotype measure MSFsc (r = -0.580 to -0.652, all p < 0.001). As in the original German version, the strongest correlation was observed between MEQ score and MSF. A physiological validation study using dim light melatonin onset as a circadian phase marker (N = 37) showed a high correlation between chronotype as assessed with the MSFsc (r = 0.542, p < 0.001), and less so for MEQ score (r = -0.402, p = 0.055). These results demonstrate the validity of the Japanese MCTQ and provide further support of the adequacy of the MCTQ as a chronotype measure.
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“The MEQ specifically measures the psychological preference for behavior but has been shown to correlate less with DLMO than measures of sleep timing obtained with the MCTQ in one study (34) but not in another (26).”
From Chronotype: Implications for Epidemiologic Studies on Chrono-Nutrition and Cardiometabolic Health (2019) · cites this paper as [34]
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“To this end, the MCTQ is known to provide data on social jet lag and has been reported to correlate better than the MEQ with biological measures such as DLMO in one study (34) but not in another (26).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kitamura, S., Hida, A., Aritake, S., Higuchi, S., Enomoto, M., Kato, M., Vetter, C., Roenneberg, T., & Mishima, K.
- Affiliations
- National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (JP)
- Kyushu University (JP)
- Institut für Medizinische Psychologie (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Mishima, Kazuo
- ORCID
- Venue
- Chronobiology International
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2014-05-14
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 845-850
- ISSN
- 0742-0528 (ISSN-L)
- 1525-6073
- OpenAlex
- W2010352546
- Cited by
- 157
- References
- 30
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 3
- FWCI
- 3.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Chronobiology International (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Keywords
- Munich Chronotype Questionnaire, chronotype, circadian preference, Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire, Japanese translation, cross-cultural adaptation, sleep midpoint, sleep debt, dim light melatonin onset, questionnaire validity, semantic validity
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Biological Clocks, Circadian Rhythm, Female, Humans, Male, Melatonin, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sleep, Wakefulness, Asian People, Young Adult
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