Reliability and validity of the chinese version of the social anxiety scale for adolescents

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-200

  Zhou, Xinyue ^a,b   Xu, Qian ^b   Inglés, Cándido J ^c   Hidalgo, María D ^d   La Greca, Annette M ^e  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cross cultural; Social anxiety; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPAIN;

EID: 40449138289     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-007-0079-0     Document Type: Article

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