Psychometric properties of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 199-212

  Heimberg, Richard G ^a   Horner, K J ^b   Juster, H R ^b   Safren, S A ^b   Brown, E J ^b   Schneier, F R ^b   Liebowitz, M R ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ALIENATION;

EID: 0032956810     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798007879     Document Type: Article

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