Anxiety symptoms in chinese and german adolescents: Their relationship with early learning experiences, perfectionism, and learning motivation

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 801-810

  Essau, Cecilia A ^a   Leung, Patrick W L ^b   Conradt, Judith ^c   Cheng, Halina ^b   Wong, Tiffany ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anxiety symptoms; Cross cultural; DSM IV anxiety disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHINESE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 51949108273     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20334     Document Type: Article

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