Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A): Measuring social anxiety among Finnish Adolescents

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 574-591

  Ranta, Klaus ^a   Junttila, Niina ^b   Laakkonen, Eero ^b   Uhmavaara, Anni ^b   La Greca, Annette M ^c   Niemi, Päivi M ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Factor structure; Reliability; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84866292900     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-012-0285-2     Document Type: Article

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