Prevalence and characteristics of significant social anxiety in children aged 8-13 years

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 407-415

  Van Roy, Betty ^a,b   Kristensen, Hanne ^c   Groholt, Berit ^a   Clench Aas, Jocelyne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Additional problems; Characteristics; Preadolescence; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 67349153792     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0445-7     Document Type: Article

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