Structure of anxiety symptoms among children: A confirmatory factor- analytic study

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 280-297

  Spence, Susan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSESSION; PANIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPARATION ANXIETY;

EID: 0030939603     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.106.2.280     Document Type: Article

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