Psychometric evaluation of the Social Interaction Phobia Scale

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 529-542

  Reilly, Alison R ^a   Carleton, R Nicholas ^b   Weeks, Justin W ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

anxiety; fear of public scrutiny; psychometric characteristics; social anxiety disorder; social interaction anxiety; social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859985397     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2011.598150     Document Type: Article

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