Psychometric properties of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale in a Hong Kong Chinese community sample

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 584-591

  Li, Johnson Ching hong ^a   Lau, Wai yee ^b   Au, Terry Kit fong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Psychometric properties; Self report scale; Spence Children's Anxiety Scale

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SPENCE CHILDREN ANXIETY SCALE; SPENCE CHILDREN ANXIETY SCALE PARENT REPORT VERSION; STATISTICS; VALIDITY;

AFFECT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT;

EID: 79953679846     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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