Fears in children and adolescents: Reliability and generalizability across gender, age and nationality

Ollendick, Thomas H.; King, Neville J.; Frary, Robert B.

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“…Los niveles de prevalencia obtenidos indican que los niños y los adolescentes refieren tener un número alto de miedos relevantes, oscilando entre 12 miedos en los chicos y 17 miedos en las chicas. Estos datos confirman los resultados obtenidos con niños y adolescentes de otras culturas como la norteamericana (OUendick et al, 1989), la australiana (OUendick et al, 1989; Gullone y King, 1993), la británica (OUendick et al, 1991), la china (Dong et al, 1994) y otros grupos étnicos diversos (Shore y Rapport, 1998). Así mismo, los resultados son consistentes con nuestros datos iniciales obtenidos a partir de una muestra de niños españoles (Sandín eí al, 1998).…”

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“…En este sentido, se han indicado datos que sugieren la existencia de niveles elevados de prevalencia. Así por ejemplo, mientras que OUendick, King y Frary (1989) y Gullone y King (1993) obtuvieron una prevalencia de 14 y 16,22 miedos, respectivamente, la prevalencia referida por Sandín, Chorot, Valiente y Santed (1998) fue ligeramente superior (19,8 miedos), y la obtenida por Shore y Rapport (1998) fue bastante mayor (22,48 miedos). En cada uno de estos estudios se emplearon distintas versiones revisadas del FSSC (Fear Survey Schedule for Children), ya que se utilizaron los cuestionarios FSSC-R (OUendick et al, 1989;, FSSC-II (Gullone y King, 1993) y FSSC-HI (Shore y Rapport, 1998).…”

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“…La mayoría de los estudios que han examinado mediante autoinforme la prevalencia de los miedos infantojuveniles en función del sexo han indicado que esta es mayor para los sujetos del sexo femenino que para los participantes del sexo masculino (OUendick, Matson y Helsel, 1985;OUendick et al, 1989;Gullone y King, 1993;. Lo cual es coherente con la mayoría de la evidencia obtenida con otros tipos de metodología diferentes a los procedimientos basados en cuestionarios de autoinforme (OUendick, Hagopian y King, 1997;Gullone, 2000).…”

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“…Los diez miedos más comunes son prácticamente idénticos en las investigaciones realizadas con población europea (OUendick et al, 1991;Sandín eí al., 1998), norteamericana (OUendick eí al., 1989McCathie y Spence, 1991), y australiana (OUendick et al, 1989). Podría afirmarse que, con ligeras excepciones, todos estos miedos corresponden a la categoría o dimensión de miedos al peligro y a la muerte [las restantes dimensiones que pueden evaluarse a partir del FSSC-R son las relacionadas con miedos a lo desconocido, a los animales, al fracaso y a la crítica (dimensión social-eva-luativa), y a las situaciones de tipo médi-co].…”

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Diferencias sexuales en la prevalencia e intensidad de los miedos durante la infancia y la adolescencia : datos basados en el FSSC-R

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Sandín²,

Chorot³

et al. 2002

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El objetivo del presente trabajo ha consistido en estudiar las diferencias sexuales en prevalencia e intensidad de los miedos normativos en una larga muestra no clínica {N= 1080) de niños y adolescentes (con un rango de edad entre los 8 y los 18 años). Los participantes completaron la versión española del Fear Survey Schedulefor Children-Revised (FSSC-R; Ollendick, 1983), una prueba designada para evaluar los miedos comunes de la infancia y la adolescencia. Los resultados obtenidos indicaron que: (1) las chicas informaron mayores niveles de prevalencia e intensidad de los miedos que los chicos; (2) tanto las chicas como los chicos refirieron elevados niveles en el número de miedos relativos a la dimensión de peligro físico y muerte; y (3) chicas y chicos coincidieron en 9 de los 10 miedos más comunes. En términos generales, estos resultados son muy similares a los datos obtenidos con otras muestras de cultura occidental (Estados Unidos, Australia e Inglaterra), y proporcionan evidencia en apoyo de la validez transcultural de la versión española del FSSC-R.Palabras clave: Miedos, niños, adolescentes, diferencias sexuales. Gender differences in prevalence and intensity offears in a sample ofchüdren and adolescents: Data based on tbe FSSC-RThe aim of this work was to examine gender differences in prevalence and intensity of common fears in a large sample (iV= 1080) of nonclinical children and adolescents (ranging in age from 8 to 18 years). Participants completed the Spanish versión of the Fear Survey Schedule for Children-Revised (FSSC-R; Ollendick, 1983), a validated measure designed to assess common fears in children an adolescents. Results showed that: (1) girls reportad significantly higher levéis of fearfulness (prevalence and intensity of fears) than boys; (2) both girls and boys reported high levéis of number of fears on the physical danger and death domain (nine of the ten most common fears belong to this fear dimensión); and (3) both girls and boys endorsed 9 of the 10 same fears as their highest fears. Overall, these data paralleled those reported in other Western samples (United States, Australia and England) and próvida cross-cultural validity of the Spanish versión of the FSSC-R.

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Diferencias sexuales en la prevalencia e intensidad de los miedos durante la infancia y la adolescencia : datos basados en el FSSC-R

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“…For example, studies employing the Fear Survey Schedule for Children (FSSC; Ollendick, 1983) have consistently reported the following rank order for common childhood fears: (1) Not being able to breathe, (2) Being hit by a car or truck, (3) Bombing attacks, (4) Getting burned by fire, (5) Falling from a high place, (6) Burglar breaking into the house, (7) Earthquake, (8) Death, (9) Getting a serious disease, and (10) Snakes (e.g., Ollendick, King, & Frary, 1989;Ollendick, Yule, & Ollier, 1991;Ollendick & King, 1994). There is also evidence showing that these top intense fears are quite similar across children from different nationalities (e.g., Ollendick, Yang, King, Dong, & Akande, 1996).…”

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Fear of storms and hurricanes in Antillean and Belgian children

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Meesters

Merckelbach

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Behaviour Research and Therapy

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The present study assessed fear of hurricanes in children who had been confronted with this natural event (i.e., Antillean children, n=161). Their fear levels were compared to those of children who are unfamiliar with such an event (i.e., Belgian children, n=185). Antillean children reported significantly higher levels of fear of storms than Belgian children did, thus providing support for the notion that exposure to dangerous events promotes children's fears of those events. Surprisingly, however, Antillean children had lower scores on the 'Hurricanes' item than Belgian children. Plausibly, differences in how children interpreted this item may have accounted for this unexpected finding. That is, ratings of Antillean children were probably based on actual experiences with hurricanes, whereas scores of Belgian children presumably reflected appraisal of threat in case they would be confronted with such an event. Implications of this finding for the assessment of childhood fears are briefly discussed. 

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The development and psychometric evaluation of the Fear Experiences Questionnaire: an attempt to disentangle the fear and anxiety constructs

Gullone

King

Ollendick

2000

Clin. Psychol. Psychother.

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Indicative of the lack of knowledge that exists regarding the underlying processes of fear and anxiety experiences is the debate about whether they are the same or separate constructs. Some researchers distinguish anxiety from fear arguing that anxiety has a diffuse nature whereas fear is stimulus-specific. Others argue that there is no difference between the two, however, the debate is clouded by the fact that each construct is measured in ways which relate to this superficial distinction. We report two studies. The first study describes the development and psychometric evaluation of the Fear Experiences Questionnaire (FEQ) which was constructed in order to assess fear in a manner consistent with the assessment of anxiety. This study involved a sample of 245 adolescents aged between 12 and 18 years. In study 2, a slightly refined FEQ was administered to a sample of 901 adolescents along with the Fear Survey Schedule for Children-II, the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale, and the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule. The FEQ was found to have good reliability and validity. On the basis of a principal components analysis, including both fear and anxiety items, it was concluded that fear and anxiety are related but separate constructs.

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Fears in children and adolescents: Reliability and generalizability across gender, age and nationality

Cited by 332 publications

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Diferencias sexuales en la prevalencia e intensidad de los miedos durante la infancia y la adolescencia : datos basados en el FSSC-R

Diferencias sexuales en la prevalencia e intensidad de los miedos durante la infancia y la adolescencia : datos basados en el FSSC-R

Fear of storms and hurricanes in Antillean and Belgian children

The development and psychometric evaluation of the Fear Experiences Questionnaire: an attempt to disentangle the fear and anxiety constructs

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