Categorical or dimensional: A reanalysis of the anxiety sensitivity construct

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 154-171

  Broman Fulks, Joshua J ^a   Deacon, Brett J ^b   Olatunji, Bunmi O ^c   Bondy, Carmen L ^a   Abramowitz, Jonathan S ^d   Tolin, David F ^e  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF LIVING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL RESEARCH; ANXIETY; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY INDEX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952887839     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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