Psychometric evaluation of the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents and the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children: Construct validity and normative data

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 665-679

  Storch, Eric A ^a   Masia Warner, Carrie ^b   Dent, Heather C ^c   Roberti, Jonathan W ^a   Fisher, Paige H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Psychometrics; Social anxiety; Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents; Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL ANXIETY SCALE FOR ADOLESCENTS; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA AND ANXIETY INVENTORY FOR CHILDREN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 3242656378     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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