Fear questionnaires for simple phobias: Psychometric evaluations for a Norwegian sample
作者:
BJØRN HELGE JOHNSEN,
KENNETH HUGDAHL,
期刊:
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
(WILEY Available online 1990)
卷期:
Volume 31,
issue 1
页码: 42-48
ISSN:0036-5564
年代: 1990
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9450.1990.tb00800.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: FSS‐III;phobic fear;psychometric evaluation;fear questionnaires
数据来源: WILEY
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 encourage
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