Psychometric evaluation of the Fear of Positive Evaluation Scale in patients with social anxiety disorder

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 301-312

  Weeks, Justin W ^a   Heimberg, Richard G ^b   Rodebaugh, Thomas L ^c   Goldin, Philippe R ^d   Gross, James J ^d  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Fear of evaluation; Fear of positive evaluation; Social anxiety disorder; Social phobia; Test reliability; Test validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR DSM IV LIFETIME VERSION; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRIEF FEAR OF NEGATIVE EVALUATION SCALE STRAIGHTFORWARD ITEMS; COGNITION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DSM-IV; FACTORIAL VALIDITY; FEAR OF POSITIVE EVALUATION SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIEBOWITZ SELF RATED DISABILITY SCALE; LIEBOWITZ SOCIAL ANXIETY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION ANXIETY SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA SCALE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TREATMENT SENSITIVITY; VALIDITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN RELATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCEPTION; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84866860691     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025723     Document Type: Article

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