Measuring fear evoked by the scariest animal: Czech versions of the Spider Questionnaire and Spider Phobia Beliefs Questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although tiny in size and mostly harmless, spiders evoke exceptional fear in a significant part of the population and arachnophobia is one of the most common anxiety disorders with prevalence 2.7-6.1%. Two standard measures have been widely used to reliably assess the emotional and cognitive component of spider fear, the Spider Questionnaire (SPQ) and Spider Phobia Beliefs Questionnaire (SBQ). We aimed to develop and validate their Czech translations, describe distribution of spider fear in the Czech population, and analyse its association with disgust propensity and other sociodemographic characteristics.

Methods

In Phase 1, we developed Czech translations of both questionnaires using a back-translation procedure and then tested their psychometric properties agai

SUBMITTER: Polak J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8740501 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature