The Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale for Children: A Psychometric Evaluation

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 402-411

  Comer, Jonathan S ^a   Roy, Amy K ^b   Furr, Jami M ^c   Gotimer, Kristin ^b   Beidas, Rinad S ^c   Dugas, Michel J ^d   Kendall, Philip C ^c  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

anxiety; anxiety disorders; child; intolerance of uncertainty; worry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY SCALE FOR CHILDREN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REASSURANCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PARENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SELF DISCLOSURE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 70249099876     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016719     Document Type: Article

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