Parental expectancies and childhood anxiety disorders: Psychometric properties of the Parental Expectancies Scale

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 89-109

  Eisen, Andrew R ^a   Spasaro, Sheila A ^a   Brien, Lisa K ^a   Kearney, Christopher A ^b   Albano, Anne Marie ^c  

^a FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood anxiety disorders; Parental Expectancies Scale; Psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXPECTANCY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL EXPECTANCIES SCALE; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 1642406894     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2001.10.001     Document Type: Article

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