The assessment of an inhibited, anxiety-prone temperament in a Dutch multi-ethnic population of preschool children

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 623-633

  Vreeke, Leonie J ^a   Muris, Peter ^a,b   Mayer, Birgit ^a   Huijding, Jorg ^a   Bos, Arjan E R ^c   Van Der Veen, Monique ^d   Raat, Hein ^e   Verheij, Fop ^e  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^d Ouder en Kindzorg Rotterdam (Infant Welfare Center)   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Behavioral inhibition; Children; Parent rating scale; Psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ANXIETY PRONE TEMPERAMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL INHIBITION QUESTIONNAIRE SHORT FORM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DUTCH; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOM; TEMPERAMENT; VALIDITY; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEAR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84876093746     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-012-0299-0     Document Type: Article

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