A measure of anxiety symptoms among children

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 545-566

  Spence, Susan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Assessment; Children; Confirmatory factor analysis; Spence Children's Anxiety Scale

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSION; PANIC; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYMPTOM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0032078885     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(98)00034-5     Document Type: Article

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