Measurement of anxious traits: A contemporary review and synthesis

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 647-666

  Elwood, Lisa S ^a   Wolitzky Taylor, Kate ^b   Olatunji, Bunmi O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

measurement; trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANXIETY; HUMANS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84867272779     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2011.582949     Document Type: Article

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