Parent and child anxiety sensitivity: Relationship in a nonclinical sample

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 259-268

  Tsao, Jennie C I ^a,c   Myers, Cynthia D ^b   Craske, Michelle G ^c   Bursch, Brenda ^a   Kim, Su C ^a   Zeltzer, Lonnie K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Anxiety transmission; Children; Parents; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 21844433736     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-005-2406-8     Document Type: Article

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