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A comparison of two spider fear questionnaires

Muris, Peter, Merckelbach, Harald·1996·Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

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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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Authors: Muris, P., & Merckelbach, H.
Corresponding author: Muris, Peter
ORCID: Muris, Peter
Merckelbach, Harald
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)
DOI: 10.1016/s0005-7916(96)00022-5
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
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
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 › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › 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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