Children of Few Words: Relations Among Selective Mutism, Behavioral Inhibition, and (Social) Anxiety Symptoms in 3- to 6-Year-Olds

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 94-101

  Muris, Peter ^a,b   Hendriks, Eline ^a   Bot, Suili ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

(Social) anxiety; Behavioral inhibition; Children; Selective mutism

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MUTISM; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERAMENT;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MUTISM; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SHYNESS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84954399914     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-015-0547-x     Document Type: Article

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