The Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children: A Further Validation With Australian Adolescents With and Without ADHD

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 402-411

  Houghton, Stephen ^a   Hunter, Simon C ^b   Trewin, Toby ^a   Glasgow, Ken ^a   Carroll, Annemaree ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

ADHD; adolescents; Australia; confirmatory factor analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL; STANDARDS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84901943334     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054712439100     Document Type: Article

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