Instruments assessing anxiety in adults with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 861-870

  Hermans, Heidi ^a,b   van der Pas, Femke H ^b   Evenhuis, Heleen M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Amarant   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Assessment; Intellectual disabilities; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DEPRESSION AND MOOD SCALE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ASSESSMENT OF DUAL DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT FOR THE SEVERELY HANDICAPPED II; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEAR SURVEY FOR ADULTS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GLASGOW ANXIETY SCALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MINI PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE FOR ADULTS WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY; PANIC; PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE FOR ADULTS WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY CHECKLIST; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY IN AUTISM CHECKLIST; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY INSTRUMENT FOR MENTALLY RETARDED ADULTS INFORMANT; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY INSTRUMENT FOR MENTALLY RETARDED ADULTS SELF REPORT; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; ZUNG ANXIETY SCALE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79952446325     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.01.034     Document Type: Review

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