Fear factors: Cross validation of specific phobia domains in a community-based sample of African American adults

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 539-544

  Chapman, L Kevin ^a   Vines, Lauren ^a   Petrie, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Anxiety disorders; Confirmatory factor analysis; Cross validation; Fear; Phobias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANIMAL FEAR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEAR; FEAR SURVEY SCHEDULE SECOND EDITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SOCIAL ANXIETY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 79953703403     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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