An inventory for measuring clinical anxiety: Psychometric properties.

1988/01/01 by Aaron T. Beck, Norman Epstein, Gary Brown +1 · 11,768 citations
Health Professions · Psychology · #Anxiety #Applied psychology #Clinical psychology #Health and Well-being Studies #Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout #Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory #Personality #Personality Assessment Inventory #Psychiatry #Psychology #Psychometrics #Psychotherapist #Reliability (semiconductor) #Short Forms #Social psychology #Test validity

paper · doi:10.1037/0022-006x.56.6.893

published in Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 56(6), 893-897 (American Psychological Association)

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