Anxiety sensitivity in African-American adolescents: Evidence of symptom specificity of anxiety sensitivity components

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 887-895

  Lambert, Sharon F ^a   McCreary, Beth T ^b   Preston, Jennifer L ^b   Schmidt, Norman B ^c   Joiner, Thomas E ^c   Ialongo, Nicholas S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American adolescents; Anxiety sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 3042566983     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.chi.0000128799.99225.88     Document Type: Article

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