Psychometric properties of the child and parent versions of Spence Children's Anxiety Scale in a Danish community and clinical sample

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 947-956

  Arendt, Kristian ^a   Hougaard, Esben ^a   Thastum, Mikael ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anxiety; Assessment; Children; Parents; Spence Children's Anxiety Scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK YOUTH INVENTORY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANISH CITIZEN; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPENCE CHILDREN ANXIETY SCALE; STRENGTH AND DIFFICULTY QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DENMARK; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; PARENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; DENMARK; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84909952081     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.09.021     Document Type: Article

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