Factor structure of the anxiety sensitivity index among African American college students

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 525-533

  Carter, Michele M ^a   Miller Jr , Oscar ^b   Sbrocco, Tracy ^b   Suchday, Sonia ^b   Lewis, Evelyn L ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0032806455     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.11.4.525     Document Type: Article

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