Assessing fears and related anxieties in children and adolescents with learning disabilities or mild mental retardation

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 445-457

  Li, Huijun ^a   Morris, Richard J ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Anxieties; Children; Fears; Learning disability; Mild mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; CHILD; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION;

EID: 34548444608     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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