DSM-IV-Defined Anxiety Disorder Symptoms in South African Children

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1360-1368

  Muris, Peter ^a,d   Schmidt, Henk ^b   Engelbrecht, Petra ^c   Perold, Mariechen ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorder symptoms; Cultural differences; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANIC; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036831847     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-200211000-00018     Document Type: Article

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