Biology· 2019Q1· Review
Chronotype and Social Jetlag: A (Self-) Critical Review
- 686citations
- Q1SCImago
- 2019year
Short summary
The Munich ChronoType Questionnaire (MCTQ), a widely used tool for assessing chronotype and social jetlag, is critically reviewed after 15 years of use and over 1200 citations.
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Key points
- The Munich ChronoType Questionnaire (MCTQ) has been available for over 15 years.
- The original MCTQ publication has been cited over 1200 times.
- The MCTQ has been translated into 13 languages and validated against objective measures.
- The MCTQ has facilitated the quantification of chronobiological observations and the introduction of concepts like social jetlag.
- This review offers a self-critical perspective on the MCTQ, addressing misunderstandings and clarifying definitions.
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Abstract
The Munich ChronoType Questionnaire (MCTQ) has now been available for more than 15 years and its original publication has been cited 1240 times (Google Scholar, May 2019). Additionally, its online version, which was available until July 2017, produced almost 300,000 entries from all over the world (MCTQ database). The MCTQ has gone through several versions, has been translated into 13 languages, and has been validated against other more objective measures of daily timing in several independent studies. Besides being used as a method to correlate circadian features of human biology with other factors-ranging from health issues to geographical factors-the MCTQ gave rise to the quantification of old wisdoms, like "teenagers are late", and has produced new concepts, like social jetlag. Some like the MCTQ's simplicity and some view it critically. Therefore, it is time to present a self-critical view on the MCTQ, to address some misunderstandings, and give some definitions of the MCTQ-derived chronotype and the concept of social jetlag.
The authors' abstract, as published at the source. Biology, 2019 · DOI ↗
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