A preliminary psychometric evaluation of a parent-report measure of child emotional awareness and expression in a sample of anxious youth

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 349-357

  Kerns, Caroline E ^a   Comer, Jonathan S ^b   Zeman, Janice ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Child anxiety; Emotion awareness; Emotion regulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION EXPRESSION SCALE FOR CHILDREN PARENT; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOMETRY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SELECTIVE MUTISM; SELF REPORT; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

EID: 84902536286     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-014-9596-x     Document Type: Article

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