The Pediatric Anxiety Rating Scale (PARS): Development and Psychometric Properties

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1061-1069

  Riddle, ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS CHILDREN S CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anxiety; Assessment; Children; Rating scales

Indexed keywords

FLUVOXAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYMPTOM; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036718715     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-200209000-00006     Document Type: Article

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