Psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC) amongst Nairobi public secondary school children, Kenya

Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-109

  Ndetei, David M ^a   Khasakhala, L I ^b   Seedat, Soraya ^c   Syanda, Judy ^d   Ongecha Owuor, F A ^b   Kokonya, D A ^b   Mutiso, V N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b Africa Mental Health Foundation   (Kenya)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILDREN DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; KENYA; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANXIETY SCALE FOR CHILDREN; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

EID: 58149471081     PISSN: 17280583     EISSN: 17280591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/JCAMH.2008.20.2.6.689     Document Type: Article

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