The factor structure of the Fear Survey Schedule for Children-II in Trinidadian children and adolescents

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 740-759

  Fisher, April Bryington ^a   Schaefer, Barbara A ^a   Watkins, Marley W ^a   Worrell, Frank C ^b   Hall, Tracey E ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Center for Applied Special Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Factor analysis; Fear; Psychometric data; Self reports

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746009148     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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