The utility of Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) as a tool for identifying children at high risk for prevalent anxiety disorders

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 265-283

  Muris, Peter ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^a   Kindt, Merel ^a   Bögels, Susan ^a   Dreessen, Laura ^a   Dorp, Ciona Van ^a   Habets, Andrea ^a   Rosmuller, Sandra ^a   Snieder, Nienke ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Generalized anxiety disorder; Nonreferred children; Screen for child anxiety related emotional disorders; Separation anxiety disorder; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035649388     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800108248357     Document Type: Article

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