Psychometric properties of the social anxiety scale for adolescents (SASA) and its relation to positive imaginary audience and academic performance in Slovene adolescents

Studia Psychologica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-65

  Puklek Levpušček, Melita ^a   Videc, Mojca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b doo   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Adolescents; Imaginary audience; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949258244     PISSN: 00393320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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