Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of the multidimensional anxiety scale for children among adolescents in the Cape Town metropole of South Africa

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Fincham, Dylan ^a   Schickerling, Johannes ^b   Temane, Michael ^b   Nel, Daan ^a   De Roover, Winnie ^a   Seedat, Soraya ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Confirmatory factor analysis; Exploratory factor analysis; Multidimensional anxiety scale for children (MASC); South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55849095480     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20406     Document Type: Article

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