Behavioral Inhibition as a Risk Factor for the Development of Childhood Anxiety Disorders: A Longitudinal Study

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-170

  Muris, Peter ^a   van Brakel, Anna M L ^b   Arntz, Arnoud ^b   Schouten, Erik ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders symptoms; Behavioral inhibition; Children; Longitudinal study; Multifactorial model; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952281305     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-010-9365-8     Document Type: Article

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