Heterocentric Language in Commonly Used Measures of Social Anxiety: Recommended Alternate Wording

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-11

  Weiss, Brandon J ^a   Hope, Debra A ^a   Capozzoli, Michelle C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual; Gay; Lesbian; Measurement; Social anxiety disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIEF FEAR OF NEGATIVE EVALUATION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERACTION ANXIETY SCALE; INTERACTION ANXIOUSNESS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN DIFFERENCES FOR TOTAL SCORES; PRACTITIONER GUIDE TO EMPIRICALLY BASED MEASURES OF ANXIETY; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE AND DISTRESS SCALE; SOCIAL INTERACTION ANXIETY SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA AND ANXIETY INVENTORY; STABILITY OF FACTOR STRUCTURE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; ZERO ORDER CORRELATIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872302136     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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