Psychometric validation of the Specific Phobia Questionnaire in an Australian community sample.

IF 1.6 4区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Australian Journal of Psychology Pub Date : 2025-02-13 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1080/00049530.2025.2464850

Jane Mathews, Bethany M Wootton, Karen Moses

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Objective: The Specific Phobia Questionnaire (SPQ; Fairbrother & Antony, 2012) is a 43-item scale that measures fear and interference towards various specific phobias. This study aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of the SPQ in an Australian population.

Method: The sample consisted of 287 participants, aged 18-76 (M = 28.30, SD = 12.07).

Results: Confirmatory factor analysis indicated a good fit of the multidimensional factor structure. The SPQ showed excellent internal consistency in total, fear items, interference items, and low to high internal consistency when classified into the five factors. The SPQ demonstrated adequate convergent and discriminant validity when correlated with the Specific Phobia Dimensional Scale and the Panic Disorder Severity Scale - Self Report, respectively.

Conclusions: Overall, the SPQ is a valid and reliable measure to use in an Australian community population. Future research is considered.

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特定恐惧症问卷在澳大利亚社区样本中的心理测量验证。

目的：特殊恐惧症问卷（SPQ）；Fairbrother & Antony, 2012)是一个包含43个项目的量表，用于衡量对各种特定恐惧症的恐惧和干扰。本研究旨在调查澳大利亚人群中SPQ的心理测量特性。方法：共287人，年龄18 ~ 76岁（M = 28.30, SD = 12.07）。结果：验证性因子分析表明，多维因子结构拟合良好。SPQ在总量、恐惧项、干扰项上表现出极好的内部一致性，在5个因素中表现出低到高的内部一致性。SPQ分别与特定恐惧维度量表和恐慌障碍严重程度量表-自我报告相关时显示出足够的收敛效度和判别效度。结论：总的来说，SPQ在澳大利亚社区人群中是一种有效和可靠的测量方法。考虑未来的研究。

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