Discriminant and convergent validity of the anxiety construct in children with autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2135-2146

  Renno, Patricia ^a   Wood, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Autism spectrum disorder; Construct validity; Discriminant validity

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW REVISED; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANXIETY SCALE FOR CHILDREN CHILD AND PARENT; PARENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84883196779     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-013-1767-1     Document Type: Article

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