Psychometric Properties and Clinical Utility of the Specific Phobia Questionnaire in an Anxiety Disorders Sample
| Autor: | Martin M. Antony, Nichole Fairbrother, Karen Rowa, Randi E. McCabe, Valerie Vorstenbosch, Melina M. Ovanessian |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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050103 clinical psychology
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Discriminant validity medicine.disease behavioral disciplines and activities humanities Exploratory factor analysis Specific phobia Clinical Psychology Cronbach's alpha Intervention (counseling) mental disorders medicine Anxiety 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Worry medicine.symptom Psychology Reliability (statistics) 050104 developmental & child psychology Clinical psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. 41:36-52 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3505 0882-2689 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10862-018-9687-1 |
| Popis: | Despite an abundance of self-report measures that screen for the presence of specific phobias, there is a lack of comprehensive, well-validated screening tools for identifying a wide range of fears based on DSM-5 specific phobia types. The current paper reports on the psychometric properties and clinical utility of the Specific Phobia Questionnaire (SPQ), a new screening tool for assessing fear of a broad range of phobic stimuli, and the extent to which fear interferes with daily life. An exploratory factor analysis revealed five factors with internal consistency (Cronbach’s α) ranging from .64–.92. The SPQ also demonstrated good convergent and discriminant validity with measures of worry, depression, and other specific phobias, and good test-retest reliability. Results also suggest that SPQ scores are useful for discriminating individuals with specific phobias from those without specific phobias, and for identifying specific phobia types. Overall, preliminary results suggest that the SPQ can serve as a useful tool in both research and clinical settings, and inform intervention and prevention efforts. |
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