Comparing short forms of the social interaction anxiety scale and the social phobia scale

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1116-1126

  Carleton, R Nicholas ^a   Thibodeau, Michel A ^a   Weeks, Justin W ^b   Teale Sapach, Michelle J N ^a   McEvoy, Peter M ^c,d   Horswill, Samantha C ^a   Heimberg, Richard G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Centre for Clinical Interventions ^*  (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Psychometrics; Short forms; Social anxiety; Social interaction anxiety scale; Social phobia scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION ANXIETY SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA SCALE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920566813     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037063     Document Type: Article

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