The social phobia and anxiety inventory: Psychometric properties in a Spanish sample

Psychological Reports

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 441-450

  Banos R M ^a   Botella, C ^b   Quero, S ^b   Medina, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN;

EID: 34250840572     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.100.2.441-450     Document Type: Article

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