title: The Lebanese Fear Inventory: a normative report.
abstract: Recorded the incidence and type of war-related anxiety reactions that were observed over a 2-year period at a Lebanese outpatient counseling clinic and constructed a 15-item Likert-type inventory. The instrument was administered to 206 outpatients who were suffering from a wide range of somatic illnesses, and descriptive statics as well as estimates of internal consistency were calculated. A series of Hotelling T2 tests and an F test revealed that there were sex differences among 13 of the items as well as between the total scores. Cronbach alpha coefficients were calculated for each item by sex as well as for the overall male and female scores. The observed coefficients spoke well for the instrument's internal consistency. The data were discussed, and recommendations for further research and cross-cultural investigations were made.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003130:Combat Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007861:Lebanon; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology*; D014857:Warfare