The facets of anxiety sensitivity represented in the Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index: Confirmatory analyses of factor models from past studies

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 364-374

  Silverman, Wendy K ^a   Goedhart, Arnold W ^b   Barrett, Paula ^c   Turner, Cynthia ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEAR; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SHAME; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 0043072756     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.112.3.364     Document Type: Article

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