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Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Fear Questionnaire with Social Phobia Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Brian J. Cox ,
James D. A. Parker  and
Richard P. Swinson
Brian J. Cox*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2
James D. A. Parker
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8
Richard P. Swinson
Affiliation:
Clarke Institute of Psychiatry and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 250 College St., Toronto, Canada M5T 1R8
*
Brian Cox, Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2
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Abstract

Background

The Fear Questionnaire is an internationally popular measure in anxiety disorder research, but its validity with social phobia patients has not been clearly demonstrated.

Method

A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted using the Fear Questionnaire responses of 122 social phobia patients.

Results

The results indicated that the proposed three-factor model of the scale (agoraphobia, social phobia, and Wood/injury dimensions) provided a good fit to the data.

Conclusions

These data provide strong support for the validity of the scale and for the multidimensional view of fears proposed by Arrindell.

Type
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Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 168 , Issue 4 , April 1996 , pp. 497 - 499
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1996 

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