Structure, developmental course, and correlates of children's anxiety disorder-related behavior in a Hellenic community sample

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-21

  Mellon, Robert C ^a   Moutavelis, Adrianos G ^b  

^a PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Assessment; Children; DSM IV; Spence Children's Anxiety Scale

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COGNITION; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 33846250837     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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