Cross-ethnic measurement equivalence of measures of depression, social anxiety, and worry

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Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-171

  Hambrick, James P ^a   Rodebaugh, Thomas L ^b   Balsis, Steve ^c   Woods, Carol M ^b   Mendez, Julia L ^d   Heimberg, Richard G ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Depression; Measurement equivalence; Social anxiety; Worry

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954165940     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191109350158     Document Type: Article

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