The assessment of normal fear in children and adolescents

Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 91-106

  Gullone, Eleonora ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Assessment; Children; Normal fear

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0033140329     PISSN: 10964037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021895630678     Document Type: Article

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