Fears and related anxieties across three age groups of mexican american and white children with disabilities

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 381-400

  Li, Huijun ^a   Prevatt, Frances ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Children; Disabilities; Fear; Mexican American; White

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; DISABLED CHILDREN; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 38849195625     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/GNTP.168.4.381-400     Document Type: Article

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