Social Anxiety among Adolescents: Linkages with peer relations and friendships

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 83-94

  La Greca, Annette M ^a,b   Lopez, Nadja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anxiety disorders; Friendships; Peer relations; Romantic appeal; Social anxiety; Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS A); Social Anxiety Scale for children Revised (SASC R); Social functioning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER REVIEW; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031840075     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022684520514     Document Type: Article

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