Assessment of worry in children and adolescents: An adaptation of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 569-581

  Chorpita, Bruce F ^a,b   Tracey, Susan A ^a,b   Brown, Timothy A ^b   Collica, Tracy J ^b   Barlow, David H ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AROUSAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031004580     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(96)00116-7     Document Type: Article

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