The structure of specific phobia symptoms among children and adolescents

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 863-868

  Muris, Peter ^a   Schmidt, Henk ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Specific phobia; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; GENDER; GIRL; HUMAN; PHOBIA; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0033045212     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(98)00201-0     Document Type: Article

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