Anxiety Disorder Symptoms in Chinese Preschool Children

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 158-166

  Wang, Meifang ^a   Zhao, Jinxia ^a,b  

^a SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LINYI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anxiety; China; Preschool Anxiety Scale; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; CHILD; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84896552077     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: 15733327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-014-0461-7     Document Type: Article

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