Clinical validation of a non-heteronormative version of the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS)

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lindner, Philip ^a   Martell, Christopher ^b   Bergström, Jan ^c   Andersson, Gerhard ^a,d   Carlbring, Per ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Heteronormativity; Psychometric; Social Interaction Anxiety Scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; SEXUAL MINORITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION ANXIETY SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; VALIDATION STUDY; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 84890376396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-11-209     Document Type: Article

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