The Portuguese language version of Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory: Analysis of items and internal consistency in a Brazilian sample of 1,014 undergraduate students

Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 114-119

  Picon, Patrícia ^a,b,d   Chittó Gauer, Gabriel J ^a   Fachel, Jandyra M G ^b   Beidel, Deborah C ^c   Seganfredo, Ana C ^a   Manfro, Gisele G ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Internal consistency; Reliability; Social phobia; Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory (SPAI)

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ANALYSIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; PORTUGAL; RESEARCH; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STUDENT; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33748937398     PISSN: 00472085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0047-20852006000200004     Document Type: Article

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