Curtis, randolph nesse, oliver cameron and philip wright the university of michigan summarythe wolpelang fear survey schedule was administered to 141 psychiatric. Reliability of the fear survey schedule for children revised. University of hawaii abstracta revised fear survey schedule for children was used to examine the structure and developmental pattern of fearfulness in an ethnoculturally diverse sample of. Children with intellectual disability reported a significantly greater number of fears than children with no disability, children with hearing impairment and children with visual impairment. Ethnocultural variations in childrens fearfulness gail n. In 1983, ollendick revised the fear survey schedule for children fsscr by changing the 5point rating scale to a 3point rating scale so that the scale was.
The fear survey schedule for children and adolescents fsscii was introduced in 1992 as a revised and updated selfreport fear scale by the. Spielbergerpreliminary manual for statetrait anxiety inventory for children. Cultural validity of fear survey schedule for children. Ollendickthe fears of children and adolescents in australian. The aim of the study was to explore childrens fear content. Overall, the south american children and the girls from both countries had significantly higher fear intensity scores than north american children and the boys. To assess the number and intensity of fears of child respondents. The dental subscale of the childrens fear survey schedule. The dentist rated the childs dental fear during treatment on a 5point likerttype scale from 1 not afraid at all to. It leads to intense distress andor avoidance apa 2000.
Appendix iii fear survey schedule for children revised available from thomas h. Dental anxiety often manifests itself during childhood and is associated. Ollendick, 1983 is a frequently used selfreport scale for measuring fears and fearfulness in children and adolescents myers and winters, 2002, silverman and ollendick, 2005. Specific fears and several most common fears differed across the two countries. The relationship between selfreported fear and anxiety was examined in a large sample of normal australian children and adolescents. The fsscr has been used in crosscultural studies of childrens fears. The factor structure of the fear survey schedule for children.
The fsscr contains the original 80 items of the fear survey schedule for children fssc. Part of understanding normal and abnormal fear in children and adolescents is having knowledge of how they acquire fears and of how fears change across development. Samples of children residing in australia king et al. Ollendick, 1983 1 is one of the most widely used questionnaires to measure the prevalence of. Reliability and validity of the revised fear survey schedule for. Construction and validation of the south african version of the fear survey schedule for children. The fsschi is an 84item measure based on the 80 item. The present study further investigated the reliability and validity of the recently developed koala fear questionnaire kfq in a large sample of 4 to 14yearold school children n 378 who lived on sintmaarten, the netherlands antilles.
The revised version of the fear survey schedule for children fsscr. Fear survey schedule for children wiley online library. What is the revised fear survey schedule for children. The factor structure of the fear survey schedule for childrenii in trinidadian children and adolescents april bryington fishera, barbara a. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. Children with intellectual disability reported a significantly greater number of fears than children with no disability, children with hearing impairment and. Nonetheless, issues have been reiterated, such as the call to examine. Burkhardt, kathe loxton, helene kagee, ashraf and ollendick, thomas h. Sep 28, 2007 the fear survey schedule for children ii fsscii. The short form of the fear survey schedule for childrenrevised. Fear survey schedule for children and adolescents ii. This study reports on the predictive value and clinical usefulness of the dutch parental version of the dental subscale of the childrens fear survey schedule cfssds. Anxiety in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders.
The short form of the fear survey schedule for childrenrevised fsscrsf. The short form of the fear survey schedule for children. Furthermore, evidence was obtained for the concurrent validity of. Ollendick, 1983 was examined using a clinic sample of children who met dsm criteria for phobic disorders n 120. Parents of 718 children 412 years completed this cfssds version before or during the childs visit. The fear survey schedule for children columbia university. Wolpe and lang, 1964 and from consultation with professionals familiar with childrens fear. Using the italian fear survey schedule for children, an italianlanguage version of ollendick s fear survey schedule for children. Ollendick virginia polytechnic institute and state university. Appendix iii reproduced by permission of thomas ollendick from ollendick, t. This study examined the psychometric properties of the farsi version of the revised fear survey schedule for children ollendick, 1983, namely the fsscfa, in a sample of iranian children and.
The discrimination of childrens phobias using the revised fear survey schedule for children. Although psychometric studies have demonstrated the utility of these instruments in multiple contexts ollendick 1983. Child study center, department of psychology, virginia polytechnic institute and state university, blacksburg, va. Fssc fear survey schedule for children acronymattic. The fear survey schedule for childrenrevised fsschi. The contemporary fears of turkish children and adolescents, the journal of genetic psychology, 174. A number of studies have shown that the ten most common childhood fears can be found on the danger and death subscale of the fsscr, with upwards of 50%. The fear survey schedule for children revised fsscr ollendick, 1983 has been used frequently for measuring the number, intensity and pattern of fears in children and adolescents in countries including the usa ollendick, 1983. Validity data as a treatment outcome measure eleonora gullone monash university, neville j.
Discriminant function analyses and item analyses were conducted to determine if children meeting diagnostic criteria for a primary. A factor analytic comparison with manifest anxiety cmas. Pdf what is the revised fear survey schedule for children. Fear survey schedule for children revised and again in 1992 by gullone and king fssc ii.
Reliability and validity of the revised fear survey schedule for children fsscr th ollendick. The discriminant validity of childrens and parents ratings of the childs fear on the revised fear survey schedule for children fssc. The factor structure of the fear survey schedule for. Current issues in the assessment of anxiety in children and. The discriminant validity of childrens and parents ratings of the childs fear on the revised fear survey schedule for children fsscr.
What is the revised fear survey schedule for children measuring. Using the italian fear survey schedule for children, an italianlanguage version of ollendick s fear survey schedule for childrenrevised 1983, the study assessed the reliability of the survey. Cognitive behavioral therapy for children with dental anxiety. One way to examine the relative contributions of heredity and environment to the experience of fear is to study fear across cultures. The fear survey schedule for childrenrevised ucf college of. The fear survey schedule for childrenrevised fsscr is a widely used selfreport questionnaire that purports to measure the number of fears and the overall level of fearfulness in children. Using the italian fear survey schedule for children, an italianlanguage version of ollendicks fear. Reliability and validity of the revised fear survey schedule for children fsscr. It was predicted that children diagnosed with an anxiety or other internalising disorder would report fewer fears, a lower intensity of fear and different fear content following treatment, whereas the same changes would not be observed in a control group. The fsschi is an 84item revision of the fsscr ollendick, 1983. The factor structure of the fear survey schedule for childrenii in. Developmental psychopathology and normal fear behaviour. Differences in the fears of elementary school children in.
The short form of the fear survey schedule for childrenrevised fssc rsf. The fear survey schedule for children fsscam has been used as the main instrument in nearly all fear studies examining the content, frequency and intensityofchildrensandadolescentsfears. Discriminant function analyses and item analyses were conducted to determine if children meeting diagnostic criteria for a primary disorder of. The specific fear stimuli included in the inventory were drawn from adult fear survey schedules i. Form of the fear survey schedule for childrenrevised fsscrsf. Hallc a department of educational and school psychology and special education, the pennsylvania state university, 226 cedar building. Fear intensity scores also differed significantly across. A revised fear survey schedule for children was used to examine the structure and developmental pattern of fearfulness in an ethnoculturally diverse sample of 385. Current issues in the assessment of anxiety in children. Article information, pdf download for the fear survey schedule for.
The most widely used selfreport questionnaire is the fear survey schedule for childrenrevised fsscr. The fear survey schedule for childrenrevised fssc r. Ollendick, 1983, the spielberger statetrait anxiety inventory for children stalc, spielberger, 1973, the childrens 3. Scherer and nakamura introduced the fear survey schedule for children fssc as an ipsative inventory for the assessment of fear in children. An efficient, reliable, and valid scale for measuring fear in children and adolescents. Reliability and validity of the revised fear survey. Ollendick, 1983, the revised childrens manifest anxiety scale rcmas. Ollendick, 1983 1 is one of the most widely used questionnaires to measure the prevalence of childrens fears and to provide an overall assessment. A psychometric analysis of the revised child anxiety and. Turkish children and adolescents schedule for children. In this study, the validation of a revised fear survey schedule for children fsscr is. Using the italian fear survey schedule for children, an italianlanguage version of ollendick s fear survey schedule for childrenrevised 1983, the study assessed the reliability of the survey and reported intensity, prevalence, and content of fears in children aged six to 10 years, using this questionnaire. Pdf a revised fear survey schedule for children was used to. The fsscr presents a list of fears and asks children to indicate the amount of fear they have for each, a method that has been criticised because it prompts children to think about events that they might not usually worry much about due to.
It is suggested that current measures such as the fear survey schedule for. The results confirmed that the kfq is a reliable scale with good internal consistency. Fear information and attentional bias in children andy p. The fssc hi is an 84item measure based on the 80 item. Assessing the fears of children with disability using the.
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