The Beck Anxiety Inventory: Reexamination of factor structure and psychometric properties

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-14

  Osman, Augustine ^a   Kopper, Beverly A ^a   Barrios, Francisco X ^a   Osman, Joylene R ^a   Wade, Tray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PANIC; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031013657     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199701)53:1<7::AID-JCLP2>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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