An empirical taxonomy of youths' fears: Cluster analysis of the American fear survey schedule

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 673-683

  Burnham, Joy J ^a,c   Schaefer, Barbara A ^b   Giesen, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 33746047631     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20178     Document Type: Review

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