Psychometric properties and diagnostic ability of the separation anxiety scale for children (SASC)

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 365-372

  Méndez, Xavier ^a   Espada, José P ^b   Orgilés, Mireia ^b   Hidalgo, Maria D ^a   García Fernández, José M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment; Children; Construct validity; Self report; Separation anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SEPARATION ANXIETY SCALE FOR CHILDREN; SYMPTOM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; STUDENTS;

EID: 51849102069     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-008-0678-8     Document Type: Article

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