The anxiety sensitivity indexg - Revised: Confirmatory factor analyses, structural invariance in Caucasian and African American samples, and score reliability and validity

Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-180

  Arnau, Randolph C ^a   Broman Fulks, Joshua J ^b   Green, Bradley A ^a   Berman, Mitchell E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Anxiety Sensitivity Index Revised; Confirmatory factor analysis; Factorial invariance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 65749118087     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191108328809     Document Type: Article

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