The Disqualification of Positive Social Outcomes Scale: A novel assessment of a long-recognized cognitive tendency in social anxiety disorder

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 856-865

  Weeks, Justin W ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Assessment; Disqualification of positive social outcomes; Disqualifying the positive; Social anxiety disorder; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISQUALIFICATION OF POSITIVE SOCIAL OUTCOMES SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STUDENT; VALIDITY;

AFFECT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957887010     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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