FEAR QUESTIONNAIRES FOR SIMPLE PHOBIAS - PSYCHOMETRIC EVALUATIONS FOR A NORWEGIAN SAMPLE

被引:19
作者
JOHNSEN, BH
HUGDAHL, K
机构
[1] Department of Somatic Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen
关键词
fear questionnaires; FSS‐III; phobic fear; psychometric evaluation;
D O I
10.1111/j.1467-9450.1990.tb00800.x
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
The present study presents psychometric data for four different phobic fear questionnaires in a Norwegian sample of 284 subjects. The questionnaires concerned fear of flying, snakes, spiders and a questionnaire of general phobic complaints. The results showed a high estimate of internal consistence, and a very high test‐retest reliability for all questionnaires. A low to moderate degree of intercorrelation between the questionnaires appeared. A clear sex difference emerged in responding to all four questionnaires. In addition, a clinical sample of phobics with fear of flying as the main symptom was compared to the larger sample on a fear of flying scale. The results showed a clear difference in responding between the samples. The present study concludes that the four different fear questionnaires yielded a high degree of reliability, and their use in clinical practice is encouraged. Copyright © 1990, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
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页码:42 / 48
页数:7
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