Investigation of the factorial structure and psychometrics of the German version of the Florida Shock Anxiety Scale

Autor: Nadine K. Wäßnig, Bjarne Schmalbach, Desiree Ritzka, Christian Petzold, Katja Petrowski
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Psychology, healthmedicine. 25(3)
ISSN: 1465-3966
Popis: Cardiovascular diseases are among the leading causes of death, worldwide.To protect those vulnerable to cardiac arrest, defibrillators performing reanimation by automatic discharge are implanted. Due to the high pain intensity of such a procedure, many patients develop anxiety disorders. To diagnose the fear-relevant symptoms, the English version of the Florida Shock Anxiety Scale (FSAS) is used. The present study investigates the quality of the German version of the FSAS using a confirmatory factor analysis. Therefore, a sample of
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