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Confirmatory factor analysis of the Fear Questionnaire with social phobia patients
B J Cox1, J D Parker, R P Swinson
1Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
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 blood/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.