Informant discrepancies in adult social anxiety disorder assessments: Links with contextual variations in observed behavior

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 376-386

  Reyes, Andres De Los ^a   Bunnell, Brian E ^b   Beidel, Deborah C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Correspondence; Informant discrepancies; Multiple informants; Operations Triad Model; Social anxiety disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMANT DISCREPANCIES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

EID: 84878502215     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031150     Document Type: Article

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