Discriminant validity of the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory (SPAI), the Social Phobia Scale (SPS) and the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS)

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 943-950

  Peters, Lorna ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discriminant validity; Measurement of social phobia

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0034287024     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(99)00131-X     Document Type: Article

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