Considering the Clinical Utility of Performance-Based Measures of Childhood Anxiety

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 493-508

  Vasey, Michael W ^a   Lonigan, Christopher J ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034544245     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15374424JCCP2904_4     Document Type: Article

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