The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED): Informant Discrepancy, Measurement Invariance, and Test–Retest Reliability

Brigid Behrens; Caroline Swetlitz; Daniel S. Pine; David Pagliaccio

doi:10.1007/s10578-018-0854-0

journal article Nov 20, 2018

The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED): Informant Discrepancy, Measurement Invariance, and Test–Retest Reliability

Brigid Behrens

Caroline Swetlitz Daniel S. Pine David Pagliaccio

Child Psychiatry & Human Development Vol. 50 No. 3 pp. 473-482 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Brigid Behrens, Caroline Swetlitz, Daniel S. Pine, et al. (2018). The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED): Informant Discrepancy, Measurement Invariance, and Test–Retest Reliability. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 50(3), 473-482. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-018-0854-0

The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED): Informant Discrepancy, Measurement Invariance, and Test–Retest Reliability

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