"Social Anxiety Disorder Carved at its Joints": Evidence for the taxonicity of social anxiety disorder

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 734-742

  Weeks, Justin W ^a   Carleton, R Nicholas ^b   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^b   McCabe, Randi E ^c   Antony, Martin M ^c,d  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Social anxiety disorder; Social Interaction Phobia Scale; Social phobia; Taxometric analysis; Taxon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF REPORT; SIMULATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYMPTOM; TAXOMETRY; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77955588908     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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