The Multidimensional Nature and Multicultural Validity of a New Measure of Social Anxiety: The Social Anxiety Questionnaire for Adults

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 313-328

  Caballo, Vicente E ^a   Salazar, Isabel C ^a   Irurtia, María Jesús ^b   Arias, Benito ^b   Hofmann, Stefan G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multicultural measure; Multidimensionality; SAQ A30; Social anxiety; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICULTURAL VALIDITY; MULTIDIMENSIONAL NATURE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ANXIETY QUESTIONNAIRE FOR ADULTS; SOCIAL PHOBIA; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84858624986     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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