The Youth Anxiety Measure for DSM-5 (YAM-5): Development and First Psychometric Evidence of a New Scale for Assessing Anxiety Disorders Symptoms of Children and Adolescents

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-17

  Muris, Peter ^a,b,c   Simon, Ellin ^d   Lijphart, Hester ^d   Bos, Arjan ^d   Hale, William ^e   Schmeitz, Kelly ^c   Albano, Anne Marie ^f   Bar Haim, Yair ^f   Beesdo Baum, Katja ^f   Beidel, Deborah ^f   Bender, Patrick ^f   Borelli, Jessica ^f   Broeren, Suzanne ^f   Cartwright Hatton, Sam ^f   Craske, Michelle ^f   Crawford, Erika ^f   Creswell, Cathy ^f   DeSousa, Diogo ^f   Dodd, Helen ^f   Eley, Thalia ^f   Hoff Esbjørn, Barbara ^f   Hudson, Jennifer ^f   de Hullu, Eva ^f   Farrell, Lara ^f   Field, Andy ^f   Fliek, Lorraine ^f   Garcia Lopez, Luis Joaquin ^f   Grills, Amie ^f   Hadwin, Julie ^f   Hogendoorn, Sanne ^f   Holly, Lindsay ^f   Huijding, Jorg ^f   Ishikawa, Shin ichi ^f   Kendall, Philip ^f   Knappe, Susanne ^f   LeBeau, Richard ^f   Leikanger, Einar ^f   Lester, Kathryn ^f   Loxton, Helene ^f   McLellan, Lauren ^f   Meesters, Cor ^f   Nauta, Maaike ^f   Ollendick, Thomas ^f   Pereira, Ana ^f   Pina, Armando ^f   Rapee, Ron ^f   Sadeh, Avi ^f   Spence, Susan ^f   Storch, Eric A ^f   Vreeke, Leonie ^f   Waite, Polly ^f   Wolters, Lidewij ^f   more..

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Virenze RIAGG Maastricht   (Netherlands)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders symptoms; Children and adolescents; Questionnaire; Youth Anxiety Measure for DSM 5

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PANIC; PHOBIA; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEST ANXIETY SCALE;

EID: 84968584223     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: 15733327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-016-0648-1     Document Type: Article

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