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Article: Fears of children in the United States: an examination of the American Fear Survey Schedule with 20 new contemporary fear items.
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- Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development
- Article date:
- July 1, 2005
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Twenty contemporary fears (e.g., terrorist attacks, drive-by shootings, having to fight in a war) were added to E. Gullone and N. J. King's (1992) Australian Fear Survey Schedule for Children-II for use in the United States. The revised survey, the American Fear Survey Schedule for Children (J. J. Burnham, 1995), was investigated. The component structure was examined; findings on fears are reported for Grades 2-12.
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Fears of children have been under investigation since the late 1800s (e.g., Freud, 1909/1955; Hall, 1897; Jersild & Holmes, 1935a, 1935b; Jones, 1924; Watson & Rayner, 1920). A developmental influence has been evident in fear ...