An investigation of the psychometric properties of the Social Thoughts and Beliefs Scale (STABS) and structure of cognitive symptoms in participants with social anxiety disorder and healthy controls

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 283-290

  Gros, Daniel F ^a,b   Wong Sarver, Nina ^c  

^a RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive; Reliability; Social anxiety disorder; Social phobia; Social Thoughts and Beliefs Scale; STABS; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL THOUGHTS AND BELIEFS SCALE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

COGNITIVE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL THOUGHTS AND BELIEFS SCALE; STABS; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST ANXIETY SCALE; THINKING;

EID: 84895751347     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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