Brazilian Portuguese version of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS-Brasil);Versão em português brasileiro da Escala Spence de Ansiedade Infantil (SCAS-Brasil)

Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 147-153

  DeSousa, Diogo A ^a   Petersen, Circe S ^a   Behs, Rafaela ^a   Manfro, Gisele G ^a   Koller, Silvia H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Anxiety disorders; Cross cultural adaptation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SPENCE CHILDREN ANXIETY SCALE;

EID: 84868298424     PISSN: 22376089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S2237-60892012000300006     Document Type: Article

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