Psychometric properties of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) in the general Italian adolescent population: A validation and a comparison between Italy and The Netherlands

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 824-829

  Crocetti, Elisabetta ^a   Hale III, William W ^b   Fermani, Alessandra ^a   Raaijmakers, Quinten ^b   Meeus, Wim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anxiety; Cross cultural; SCARED; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREEN FOR CHILD ANXIETY RELATED EMOTIONAL DISORDER; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; ITALY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POPULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 65549150769     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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