Does the social concerns component of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index belong to the domain of anxiety sensitivity or the domain of negative evaluation sensitivity?

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 985-992

  McWilliams, Lachlan A ^a   Stewart, Sherry H ^a   MacPherson, Paula S R ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Factor analysis; Fear of negative evaluation; Non clinical population; Social anxiety; Structure of fear

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; STUDENTS;

EID: 0034309837     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(99)00125-4     Document Type: Article

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