The Longitudinal Structure of General and Specific Anxiety Dimensions in Children: Testing a Latent Trait-State-Occasion Model

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 412-424

  Olatunji, Bunmi O ^a   Cole, David A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; longitudinal; physiological; state; trait

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVISED CHILDREN MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL ALIENATION;

EID: 70249120330     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016206     Document Type: Article

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