Psychometric Properties of the Affect Intensity and Reactivity Measure Adapted for Youth (AIR-Y)

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 162-175

  Jones, Rachel E ^a   Leen Feldner, Ellen W ^a   Olatunji, Bunmi O ^b   Reardon, Laura E ^a   Hawks, Erin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; affect intensity; clinical symptoms; emotion induction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AFFECT INTENSITY AND REACTIVITY MEASURE ADAPTED FOR YOUTH; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AFFECT; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 66549103910     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015358     Document Type: Article

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