Anxiety Sensitivity Factor Structure among Brazilian Patients with Anxiety Disorders

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 246-255

  Escocard, Maria Rachel Pessanha Gimenes ^a   Fioravanti Bastos, Ana Carolina Monnerat ^a   Landeira Fernandez, J ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b ESTÁCIO DE SÁ UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorder; Anxiety sensitivity; Factor analysis; Hierarchical structure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANIC; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 67651180840     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-008-9103-3     Document Type: Article

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