Mild to severe social fears: Ranking types of feared social situations using item response theory

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 471-479

  Crome, Erica ^a   Baillie, Andrew ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exposure therapy; Interaction; Item response theory; Performance; Social anxiety disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; AUSTRALIA; BATH; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEAR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EXPOSURE THERAPY; INTERACTION; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEAR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901451396     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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