Screening for Trauma in Children and Adolescents: The Validity of the Traumatic Stress Disorder Scale of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 406-413

  Muris, Peter ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^b   Körver, Petra ^b   Meesters, Cor ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0034268042     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15374424JCCP2903_11     Document Type: Article

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