Assessing defense structure in school-age children using the Response Evaluation Measure-71-Youth version (REM-Y-71)

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 427-436

  Araujo, Katy B ^a   Medic, Sanja ^a   Yasnovsky, Jessica ^b   Steiner, Hans ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anxiety; Children; Defense; Psychosocial functioning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILDREN DEFENSIVENESS SCALE; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; RESPONSE EVALUATION MEASURE 71 YOUTH VERSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY FOR CHILDREN;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33745726332     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-006-0013-x     Document Type: Article

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