Factor mixture modeling of anxiety sensitivity: A three-class structure

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1184-1195

  Allan, Nicholas P ^a   Korte, Kristina J ^a   Capron, Daniel W ^a   Raines, Amanda M ^a   Schmidt, Norman B ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Anxiety symptoms; Factor mixture modeling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; LATENT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYMPTOM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925882064     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037436     Document Type: Article

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