Psychometric evaluation of the mini-social phobia inventory (Mini-SPIN) in a treatment-seeking sample

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 382-391

  Weeks, Justin W ^a   Spokas, Megan E ^a   Heimberg, Richard G ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Psychometric properties; Social anxiety disorder; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISABILITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MINI SOCIAL PHOBIA INVENTORY; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 35349005684     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20250     Document Type: Article

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