How serious are common childhood fears?

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 217-228

  Muris, Peter ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^a   Mayer, Birgit ^a   Prins, Elske ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Children; Fears

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEAR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SYMPTOM; TECHNIQUE; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEAR; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033992110     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(98)00204-6     Document Type: Article

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