Reliability of the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory (SPAI) Portuguese version in a heterogeneous sample of Brazilian university students

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 124-130

  Picon, Patrícia ^a,b,e   Gauer, Gabriel J C ^b   Hirakata, Vânia N ^c   Haggsträm, Lourdes M ^b   Beidel, Deborah C ^d   Turner, Samuel M ^d   Manfro, Gisele G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e Hospital de Clínicas ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders diagnosis; Behavior therapy methods; Phobic disorders diagnosis; Reproducibility of results; Self assessment (Psychology)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA AND ANXIETY INVENTORY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 22344432840     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-44462005000200010     Document Type: Article

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