Development and psychometric properties of the Student Worry Questionnaire-30

A Osman1, P M Gutierrez, W R Downs

  • 1University of Northern Iowa, Department of Psychology, 334 Baker Hall, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0505, USA. augustine.osman@uni.edu

Psychological Reports
|April 11, 2001
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