Psychometric properties of the Thai versions of state-trait anxiety inventory for children and child medical fear scale

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 406-414

  Chaiyawat, Waraporn ^a   Brown, Jean K ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety fear; CAAFS; Pediatric nursing; Psychometric properties testing; STAIC; Thai school age children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; THAILAND; THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THAILAND; THERAPEUTICS;

EID: 0034292864     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-240X(200010)23:5<406::AID-NUR7>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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