Confirmatory factor analysis of the Fear Questionnaire in injured workers with chronic pain

Depress Anxiety. 1999;9(3):117-21. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6394(1999)9:3<117::aid-da3>3.0.co;2-n.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Occupational / psychology
  • Adult
  • Anxiety* / diagnosis
  • Anxiety* / etiology
  • Chi-Square Distribution
  • Chronic Disease
  • Factor Analysis, Statistical
  • Fear / classification*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Likelihood Functions
  • Male
  • Pain / psychology*
  • Psychometrics / standards*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Surveys and Questionnaires / standards*
  • Wounds and Injuries / psychology*