The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) and traditional childhood anxiety measures

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 327-339

  Muris, Peter ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^a   Mayer, Birgit ^a   Van Brakel, Anneke ^a   Thissen, Sandra ^a   Moulaert, Véronique ^a   Gadet, Björn ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Anxiety questionnaire; Children

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032413369     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7916(98)00023-8     Document Type: Article

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