Anxiety, social skills, friendship quality, and peer victimization: An integrated model

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 924-931

  Crawford, A Melissa ^a   Manassis, Katharina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Children; Friendships; Path analysis; Social skills; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BULLYING; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; FRIENDSHIP QUALITY QUESTIONNAIRE REVISED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANXIETY SCALE FOR CHILDREN; PEER PRESSURE; PEER VICTIMIZATION; PHYSICAL AND RELATIONAL VICTIMIZATION SCALE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SCHOOL QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SKILLS RATING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BULLYING; CHILD; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79961021740     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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