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The lebanese fear inventory: A normative report
Author(s) -
Saigh Philip A.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198204)38:2<352::aid-jclp2270380223>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , psychology , internal consistency , normative , clinical psychology , anxiety , test (biology) , psychometrics , psychiatry , paleontology , philosophy , epistemology , biology
Recorded the incidence and type of war‐related anxiety reactions that were observed over a 2‐year period at a Lebanese outpatient counseling clinic and constructed a 15‐item Likert‐type inventory. The instrument was administered to 206 outpatients who were suffering from a wide range of somatic illnesses, and descriptive statics as well as estimates of internal consistency were calculated. A series of Hotelling T 2 tests and an F test revealed that there were sex differences among 13 of the items as well as between the total scores. Cronbach α coefficients were calculated for each item by sex as well as for the overall male and female scores. The observed coefficients spoke well for the instrument's internal consistency. The data were discussed, and recommendations for further research and cross‐cultural investigations were made.