Assessing Adolescent Anxiety in General Psychiatric Care: Diagnostic Accuracy of the Swedish Self-Report and Parent Versions of the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale

Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 744-757

  Olofsdotter, Susanne ^a   Sonnby, Karin ^a   Vadlin, Sofia ^a   Furmark, Tomas ^a   Nilsson, Kent W ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adolescents; anxiety disorders; diagnostic accuracy; Spence Children s Anxiety Scale; test validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY; ANXIETY; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SWEDEN;

EID: 84995975905     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191115583858     Document Type: Article

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