Psychometric properties of the Penn State worry questionnaire for children in a large clinical sample

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 465-471

  Pestle, Sarah L ^a,c   Chorpita, Bruce F ^b   Schiffman, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b University of Hawai'i Hilo   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; DYSTHYMIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 45849139307     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374410801955896     Document Type: Article

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