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- Title
Assessing Safety Behaviors in Fear of Storms: Validation of the Storm-Related Safety Behavior Scale.
- Authors
Krause, Kirstyn L.; Goodwill, Alasdair M.; Antony, Martin M.; MacDonald, Emma M.; Vorstenbosch, Valerie
- Abstract
With the exception of one self-report questionnaire assessing storm fear severity (Nelson et al. <italic>Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment</italic>, 36(1), 105-114, <xref>2014</xref>), there are few brief published assessment tools to measure the cognitive, behavioral, and physical manifestations of storm fear. A principal feature of phobic disorders is the use of safety behaviors to alleviate distress. Safety behaviors are believed to perpetuate anxiety by preventing the disconfirmation of feared outcomes (Salkovskis <italic>Behavioural Psychotherapy,</italic> 19(1), 6-19, <xref>1991</xref>). To date, no studies have examined the use of safety behaviors in storm fear. The purpose of the current research was to develop and validate the Storm-Related Safety Behavior Scale (SRSBS; Vorstenbosch and Antony <xref>2017</xref>), a 24-item self-report scale that measures safety behavior use in adults with a fear of storms. Two studies examined the (1) factor structure, internal consistency, validity, and test-retest reliability of the SRSBS, as well as the frequency with which specific safety behaviors were endorsed; and (2) ability of the SRSBS to differentiate between a group of adults with low and high fear of storms after exposure to a virtual thunderstorm. Factor analysis revealed that the SRSBS is best captured by one factor. Results provided preliminary evidence of convergent and discriminant validity, as well as test-retest reliability. Finally, significant group differences were found between participants with high versus low fear of storms following a virtual thunderstorm. These findings demonstrate the value of the SRSBS for assessing safety behavior use.
- Subjects
DISCRIMINANT analysis; FACTOR analysis; FEAR; PHOBIAS; RESEARCH evaluation; SAFETY; SELF-evaluation; VIRTUAL reality; WEATHER; STATISTICAL reliability; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; ADULTS
- Publication
Journal of Psychopathology & Behavioral Assessment, 2018, Vol 40, Issue 1, p139
- ISSN
0882-2689
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10862-017-9622-x