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Validación de la versión turca de las Escalas de Respuesta a Estímulos Fóbicos

Esef Ercüment Yerlikaya¹, Meryem Dedeler²

¹Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology, Çukurova University, Adana, Sarıçam, 01250, Türkiye.

Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS

|January 30, 2026

Abstracto

Background:

The current literature lacks measurement tools that cover all subtypes of specific phobias.

Objective:

This study aimed to adapt the Phobic Stimuli Response Scales (PSRS) into Turkish and evaluate its psychometric properties.

Methods:

399 university students (308 females, 77.2%; 91 males, 22.8%) aged between 18 and 53 years (M = 21.80, SD = 3.93) filled out the PSRS, Fear Survey Schedule-II, and Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS-21) online. 108 participants took part in the test-retest study 15 days after the first application.

Results:

According to confirmatory factor analysis, model fit indices (CFI = 0.97, TLI = 0.97, RMSEA = 0.07, and SRMR = 0.07) showed that the Turkish form of the scale consisted of 46 items and five factors (Blood-Injection, Bodily Harm, Social, Animal, and Physical Confinement) as in the original. Its correlations with other scales showed its convergent and discriminant validity. The reliability analyses indicate that the scale demonstrates internal consistency (α = 0.78 for Bodily Harm, 0.85 for Physical Confinement, 0.88 for Social, 0.86 for Animal, 0.90 for Blood-Injection, and 0.94 for the total score) and test-retest reliability.

Conclusions:

The findings suggest that the Turkish PSRS is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing responses to various fears in research and practical applications.

Palabras clave:

Miedo Fobias Estímulos fóbicos Fiabilidad Validez

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