Fears and Worries at Nighttime in Young Children: Development and Psychometric Validation of a Parent-Report Measure (FAWN-YC).

Autor: Shiels A; School of Applied Psychology, 176 Messines Ridge Rd, Mount Gravatt, Brisbane, QLD, 4122, Australia. amy.shiels@griffithuni.edu.au., Uhlmann L; School of Applied Psychology, 176 Messines Ridge Rd, Mount Gravatt, Brisbane, QLD, 4122, Australia., Farrell LJ; School of Applied Psychology, 176 Messines Ridge Rd, Mount Gravatt, Brisbane, QLD, 4122, Australia.; Griffith University Centre for Mental Health, Mount Gravatt, Australia., Munro-Lee E; School of Applied Psychology, 176 Messines Ridge Rd, Mount Gravatt, Brisbane, QLD, 4122, Australia., Donovan CL; School of Applied Psychology, 176 Messines Ridge Rd, Mount Gravatt, Brisbane, QLD, 4122, Australia.; Griffith University Centre for Mental Health, Mount Gravatt, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Child psychiatry and human development [Child Psychiatry Hum Dev] 2024 Sep 16. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 16.
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-024-01758-3
Abstrakt: This paper outlines the development and psychometric evaluation of the Fears and Worries at Nighttime-Young Children (FAWN-YC) scale; a parent-rated measure for children aged 3-5 years. Based on previous literature, it was hypothesised that the measure would be represented by a six-factor solution, with four clusters of fear types and two behavioural manifestations of fears. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA; N = 436) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA; N = 383), resulted in a final 17 items that loaded onto 3 factors: Nighttime Fear Focus (8 items, α = 0.92), Bedtime/Sleep Avoidance and Interference (5 items, α = 0.90), and Dark Fear (4 items, α = 0.88). Evidence of convergent validity was found through strong associations between the total score and subscales of the FAWN-YC with measures of child anxiety, fear, sleep, externalizing and conduct problems. Furthermore, there was support for divergent validity (through a very weak to no relationship with a measure of prosocial behaviours), and evidence for temporal stability was also established with 2-week test-retest reliability. Overall, the results provide strong preliminary evidence for the reliability and validity of the FAWN-YC total score and subscales. Implications for the use of the measure in research and clinical practice are discussed.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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