The diagnostic utility of separation anxiety disorder symptoms: An item response theory analysis

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 417-428

  Cooper Vince, Christine E ^a   Emmert Aronson, Benjamin O ^a   Pincus, Donna B ^a   Comer, Jonathan S ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child anxiety; Diagnostic and statistical manual; Item response theory; Separation anxiety disorder; Symptom; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84897635608     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-013-9788-y     Document Type: Article

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