The Fear Survey Schedule for Children-Revised (FSSC-HI): Ethnocultural Variations in Children’s Fearfulness
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Participants
Three hundred eighty-five children aged 7 to 16 years (198 girls and 187 boys) were recruited from public (three) and private (one) schools on Oahu, where approximately 75% of the State’s population resides (State of Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, 1994). All participating schools were approached in an attempt to approximate the diversity of Hawaii’s population in ethnic background and SES. One of the three public schools is affiliated with the University of
Results
Completed FSSC-HI inventories were subjected to a five-tier level of analysis to address the objectives of the study. Obtained data were initially analyzed to examine the factor structure of the instrument and to develop subscales based on factor loadings. A second set of analyses was undertaken to examine the scale’s psychometric properties. The potential effects of gender, age, SES, and ethnicity on total scores and fear prevalence were subsequently examined using univariate procedures. The
Discussion
Empirical investigations of children’s self-reported fearfulness using the original and revised versions of the Fear Survey Schedule for Children (FSSC) intimate a multidimensional construct involving five factors, and a relatively stable developmental pattern that decreases with age for children of Caucasian ethnicity. Recent cross-national and cross-cultural studies, however, suggest that ethnocultural factors may influence the dimensional nature of the construct as well as the developmental
Acknowledgements
Parts of this article were presented at the 16th National Conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, March 1996, Orlando, Florida.
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