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Confirmatory factor analysis of the fear questionnaire in injured workers with chronic pain
Author(s) -
Frombach Inger,
Asmundson Gordon J.G.,
Cox Brian
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
depression and anxiety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.634
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1520-6394
pISSN - 1091-4269
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1520-6394(1999)9:3<117::aid-da3>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - confirmatory factor analysis , psychology , categorical variable , chronic pain , clinical psychology , psychiatry , structural equation modeling , statistics , mathematics
Abstract In an effort to extend the validity of the Fear Questionnaire (FQ) in a sample of patients with high levels of blood/injury phobia, the FQ responses of 255 injured workers with chronic pain were subjected to confirmatory factor analysis. Results indicated that an intercorrelated three‐factor model of the FQ provided a better fit to the data than unidimensional, two‐factor, hierarchical three‐factor, or categorical three‐factor models. These findings provide further support for the factorial validity of the FQ and the corresponding multidimensional theory of fear. Depression and Anxiety 117–121, 1999. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.