Internet administration of self-report measures commonly used in research on social anxiety disorder: A psychometric evaluation

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 736-740

  Hedman, Erik ^a   Ljótsson, Brjánn ^a   Rück, Christian ^a   Furmark, Tomas ^b   Carlbring, Per ^c   Lindefors, Nils ^a   Andersson, Gerhard ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Internet; Psychometrics; Self report questionnaire; Social anxiety disorder

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; INTERNET ADMINISTRATION; MONTGOMERY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENTS; PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE DATA; RATING SCALE; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SELF-REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS;

SURVEYS;

INTERNET;

EID: 77955232158     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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