An investigation of children's fears and their mothers' fears |
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Authors: | Andrew Bondy David Sheslow Luis T Garcia |
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Institution: | (1) Delaware Autistic Center, USA;(2) Alfred I. Dupont Institute, USA;(3) Psychology Department, Rutgers University-Camden, 08102 Camden, New Jersey |
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Abstract: | Children (75 female, 52 male) in grades 2 through 8 completed the Fear Survey Schedule for Children (FSS-FC). Their mothers completed the same questionnaire twice: once for themselves and a second time to estimate their children's fears. Spearman's rhos indicated that there was a high degree of correspondence between the mothers' rank-ordered estimates of their children's fears and the children's rank-ordered self-reports ( =.86 for males, =.96 for females.However, mothers' overall estimates of their children's general fearfulness were significantly correlated only with their daughters' fearfulness, not with their sons'. Further analyses showed that mothers could generally identify their children's highest-rated fears. All test-retest measures were significant. In summary, these results suggest that mothers may provide useful clinical information about their children's specific fears and that the FSS-FC is a reliable instrument with which to assess children's fears. |
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Keywords: | fear assessment children reliability |
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