A comparison of two spider fear questionnaires
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The present studies compared the psychometric properties of two self-report measures of spider fear: Fear of Spiders Questionnaire (FSQ) and Spider Phobia Questionnaire (SPQ). In the first study, adequate test-retest stability and internal consistency was found for both FSQ and SPQ. In the second study, both instruments were able to differentiate between phobic and non-phobic subjects. Furthermore, FSQ as well as SPQ were sensitive to therapeutic change and correlated in a meaningful way with other subjective and behavioral indices of spider fear. Data suggest that the FSQ is superior to the SPQ in measuring fear in the non-phobic range. Also, the FSQ taps a somewhat different aspect of subjective spider fear (i.e., fear of harm) and, consequently, may provide additional information.
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Seven RCTs identified phobic participants with a validated fear questionnaire and approach behavior toward a tarantula (N=344).
“Seven RCTs identified phobic participants with a validated fear questionnaire (Muris & Merckelbach, 1996; Szymanski & O’Donoghue, 1995) and by assessing their approach behavior towards the tarantula (N=344; Siegel, Anderson & Han, 2011; Siegel, Cohen & Warren, 2022; Siegel & Gallagher, 2015; Siegel, Warren, Jacobson & Merritt, 2018; Siegel & Weinberger, 2009, 2012; Weinberger, unpublishedf).”
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The Fear of Spiders Questionnaire has excellent psychometric properties.
“The FSQ has excellent psychometric properties.”
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In both conditions, scores on FSQ and SBQ at the 6-month follow-up were similar to those reported in a normal population and in a clinical population after treatment.
“in both conditions, scores obtained on both the FSQ and SBQ in the last follow-up (6-month) were similar to those reported by Muris and Merckelbach [56] in a normal population and by Arntz et al. [58] in a clinical population after treatment.”
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- Authors
- Muris, P., & Merckelbach, H.
- Corresponding author
- Muris, Peter
- Venue
- Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1996-09
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 241-244
- ISSN
- 0005-7916 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2148925481
- Cited by
- 215
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 12
- FWCI
- 1.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Keywords
- spider phobia, phobia assessment, self-report measures, psychometric properties, test-retest reliability, internal consistency, treatment response, fear of harm
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Animals, Desensitization, Psychologic, Fear, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Personality Inventory, Phobic Disorders, Psychometrics, Spiders, Reproducibility of Results, Treatment Outcome
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