Taxometric and factor analytic models of anxiety sensitivity: Integrating approaches to latent structural research

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-87

  Bernstein, Amit ^a   Zvolensky, Michael J ^a   Norton, Peter J ^b   Schmidt, Norman B ^c   Taylor, Steven ^d   Forsyth, John P ^e   Lewis, Sarah F ^f   Feldner, Matthew T ^g   Leen Feldner, Ellen W ^g   Stewart, Sherry H ^h   Cox, Brian ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^h DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Anxiety sensitivity; Factor analysis; Taxometrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RATING SCALE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AROUSAL; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 33947302162     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.19.1.74     Document Type: Article

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