The Link Between Anxiety Severity and Irritability Among Anxious Youth: Evaluating the Mediating Role of Sleep Problems

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 352-359

  Poznanski, Bridget ^a   Cornacchio, Danielle ^a   Coxe, Stefany ^a   Pincus, Donna B ^b   McMakin, Dana L ^a   Comer, Jonathan S ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Irritability; Mediation; Sleep; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHILD; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SLEEP DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE MOOD; MALE; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85037660432     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: 15733327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-017-0769-1     Document Type: Article

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