Reliabilität und validität dreier instrumente zur messung von angst vor Spinnen

Abstract

We are reporting the reliablity, validity, and factor structure of three instruments designed to measure fear of spiders. The Spider Phobia Questionnaire ("Spinnenphobie-Fragebogen", SPF) and the Fear of Spiders Questionnaire ("Spinnenangst-Screening", SAS) is a new four-item questionnaire designed for efficient screenings of large samples. The three instruments showed good to very good reliability, as measured by internal consistency and retest reliability. Construct validity and criterion-oriented validity were very good as well. We make suggestions for specific uses of the two questionnaires and the screening.