A psychometric evaluation of the parent report form of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children - Trait Version

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 427-446

  Southam Gerow, Michael A ^a   Flannery Schroeder, Ellen C ^b   Kendall, Philip C ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Assessment; Child; Psychometric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ANXIETY; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMORBIDITY; EVALUATION; FEAR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMORBIDITY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THERAPEUTICS;

EID: 0242336660     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-6185(02)00223-2     Document Type: Article

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