The structure of anxiety symptoms among adolescents in Iran: A confirmatory factor analytic study of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 871-878

  Essau, Cecilia A ^a   Olaya, Beatriz ^b,c   Pasha, Gholamreza ^d   O'Callaghan, Jean ^a   Bray, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^c PARC SANITARI SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anxiety symptoms; Cross cultural; Depression; Spence Children's Anxiety Scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE FOR CHILDREN; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INJURY; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPENCE CHILDREN ANXIETY SCALE; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84868289659     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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