Psychometric properties of the screen for child anxiety related emotional disorders in a rural high school population

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-32

  Haley, Tammy ^a   Puskar, Kathryn ^b   Terhorst, Lauren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Anxiety screening; Factor analysis; Mental health; Nursing; Rural; SCARED

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS;

EID: 79955542926     PISSN: 10736077     EISSN: 17446171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2010.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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