Do children differentiate worry from fear?

Behaviour Change

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 195-204

  Szabó, Marianna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THINKING;

EID: 38349154878     PISSN: 08134839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/bech.24.4.195     Document Type: Article

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