Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index in a Sample of Croatian Adults

Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-41

  Jurin, Tanja ^a   Jokic Begic, Natasa ^a   Korajlija, Anita Lauri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

anxiety sensitivity; Anxiety Sensitivity Index; Croatia; factor structure; gender; reliability; validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROATIA; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROATIA; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857592083     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191111402459     Document Type: Article

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