Psychometric properties of the icelandic version of the beck anxiety inventory in a clinical and a student population

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-141

  Sæmundsson, Bragi R ^a   Pórsdóttir, Fanney ^a   Kristjánsdóttir, Hafruń ^a   Ólason, Daníel P ^a   Smári, Jakob ^a   Sigurǒsson, Jón F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; BAI; Reliability; Signal detection; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955738240     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000059     Document Type: Article

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