Further Study of the Psychometric Qualities of a Brief Screening Tool for Social Phobia (MINI-SPIN) Applied to Clinical and Nonclinical Samples

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 266-278

  Osório, Flávia de Lima ^a   Crippa, José Alexandre S ^a   Loureiro, Sonia Regina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mini Spin; Scale; Screening rating; Social anxiety; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77957225692     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: 17446163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2010.00261.x     Document Type: Article

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