Psychometric properties of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) in Brazilian children and adolescents

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 741-748

  Isolan, Luciano ^a   Salum, Giovanni Abrahão ^a   Osowski, Andrea Tochetto ^a   Amaro, Estácio ^a   Manfro, Gisele Gus ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anxiety; Children; SCARED

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREEN CHILD ANXIETY RELATED EMOTIONAL DISORDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRAZIL; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79955539800     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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