Mediators and Moderators of Outcome in the Behavioral Treatment of Childhood Social Phobia

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 945-953

  Alfano, Candice A ^a   Pina, Armando A ^a   Villalta, Ian K ^a   Beidel, Deborah C ^a   Ammerman, Robert T ^a   Crosby, Lori E ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

mediators; moderators; social phobia; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIATOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROLE PLAYING; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; LONELINESS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIALIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70049088501     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e3181af8216     Document Type: Article

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