The correlates and consequences of early appearing social anxiety in young children

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 965-972

  Weeks, Murray ^a   Coplan, Robert J ^a   Kingsbury, Adam ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early childhood development; Emotional adjustment; Social adjustment; Social anxiety; Teachers

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ANXIETY SCALE FOR CHILDREN; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TEACHER;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONELINESS; MALE; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHYNESS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 68749105591     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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