Construct Validity of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 in Clinical Samples

Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-100

  Kemper, Christoph J ^a   Lutz, Johannes ^b   Bähr, Tobias ^c   Rüddel, Heinz ^d   Hock, Michael ^e  

^a GESIS LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Psychosomatic Clinic St Franziska Stift   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

anxiety sensitivity; Anxiety Sensitivity Index; ASI 3; clinical sample; construct validity; factor structure; reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84857568510     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191111429389     Document Type: Article

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