Psychometric properties of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) in a longitudinal study of African Americans with anxiety disorders

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 722-726

  Beard, Courtney ^a   Rodriguez, Benjamin F ^b   Moitra, Ethan ^a   Sibrava, Nicholas J ^a   Bjornsson, Andri ^a   Weisberg, Risa B ^a   Keller, Martin B ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Anxiety; Confirmatory factor analyses; LSAS; Psychometric

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LIEBOWITZ SOCIAL ANXIETY SCALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79955539547     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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