Changes in social fears across childhood and adolescence: Age-related differences in the factor structure of the Fear Survey Schedule for Children-Revised

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 135-142

  Bokhorst, Caroline L ^a   Westenberg, P Michiel ^a   Oosterlaan, Jaap ^b   Heyne, David A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Childhood; Confirmatory factor analysis; Differentiation of social fear; Fear Survey Schedule for Children Revised (FSSC R); Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEAR SURVEY SCHEDULE FOR CHILDREN REVISED; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 37249062668     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2007.01.014     Document Type: Article

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