Penn state worry questionnaire: Findings form normative and clinical samples in Denmark

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 113-122

  Esbjorn B H ^a   Reinholdt Dunne, M L ^a   Caspersen, I D ^a   Christensen, L B ^a   Chorpita, B F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child anxiety; Penn State Worry Questionnaire for Children; Psychometric properties; Treatment sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE FOR CHILDREN; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84873725560     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: 15733505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-012-9320-7     Document Type: Article

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