The interactive role of anxiety sensitivity and pubertal status in predicting anxious responding to bodily sensations among adolescents

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 799-812

  Leen Feldner, Ellen W ^a   Reardon, Laura E ^a   McKee, Laura G ^b   Feldner, Matthew T ^a   Babson, Kimberly A ^a   Zvolensky, Michael J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Anxiety sensitivity; Hyperventilation; Panic vulnerability; Pubertal status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHILD ANXIETY SENSITIVITY INDEX; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANIC; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE FOR CHILDREN; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PREDICTION; PUBERTY; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SUBJECTIVE UNITS OF DISTRESS SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33845443771     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-006-9079-y     Document Type: Article

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