Reliability and validity of the state-trait anxiety inventory for children in adolescent substance abusers: Confirmatory factor analysis and item response theory

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 57-69

  Kirisci, Levent ^a   Clark, Duncan B ^a   Moss, Howard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 3042910780     PISSN: 1067828X     EISSN: 15470652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J029v05n03_04     Document Type: Article

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