A multi-ethnic examination of socioevaluative fears

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 904-908

  Norton, Peter J ^a   Weeks, Justin W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear of evaluation; Measurement equivalence; Race ethnicity; Social anxiety; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68749103181     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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