Factor structure of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale for Children and Adolescents

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-37

  Storch, Eric A ^a   Masia Warner, Carrie ^b   Heidgerken, Amanda D ^a   Fisher, Paige H ^b   Pincus, Donna B ^c   Liebowitz, Michael R ^d  

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

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Boston University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale for Children and Adolescents; Clinician rated; Reliability; Social anxiety; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33748363288     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-006-0017-6     Document Type: Article

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