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, Vahab Mohammadpour , Mojtaba Gholamzedeh Khader , Farnaz Farshbaf Manisefat
Background: Fear is an important emotion that can be adaptive to promote
security and survival or to be negatively maladaptive with effect on the quality
of life. The aim of the present study was extracting psychometrics features and
factor structure of the Fear Survey Schedule for Children—revised in sample of Iranian children and
adolescents.
Methods: The
present study included the FSSC-R scores for 661 Iranian students (321 boys
& 340 girls) in primary, guidance and high school sections. Student’s ages
was 8 to 18 years (mean: 12.74 and the
standard deviation: 2.95). Participants
were selected using cluster sampling of schools in Tabriz and filled
FSSC-R To investigate the
factor structure, exploration method and principal components analysis with
varimax rotation were used.
Results: Seven-factor solution was calculated for the 37.9% of the total variance and items represented the factors better than other solutions. Therefore, seven-factor solution which was more
appropriate than 5 and 6 factor solutions was chosen. Reliability coefficient
by internal consistency (Kronbach's alpha coefficient), was 0.93.
Conclusions: The
results showed that the FSSC-R is a reliable instrument. Fear intensity is reduced with increasing age.
Fear intensity is decreased in boys and increased in girls with increasing age.
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