A meta-analysis of the cross-cultural psychometric properties of the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children (SPAI-C)

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 182-188

  Scaini, Simona ^a   Battaglia, Marco ^a,b,c   Beidel, Deborah C ^d   Ogliari, Anna ^a,b  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Cross cultural validity; Meta analysis; Social anxiety; SPAI C

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA AND ANXIETY INVENTORY FOR CHILDREN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84855508458     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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