The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED): Scale construction and psychometric characteristics

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 545-553

  Birmaher, Boris ^a   Khetarpal, Suneeta ^a   Brent, David ^a   Cully, Marlane ^a   Balach, Lisa ^a   Kaufman, Joan ^a   Neer, Sandra McKenzie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; anxiety disorder; children; rating scales

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

EID: 0030890276     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199704000-00018     Document Type: Article

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