title: Confirmatory factor analysis of the Fear Questionnaire in injured workers with chronic pain.
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.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research and Development Program, Regina Health District, Saskatchewan, Canada.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Frombach
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Asmundson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005239:Fear / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000523:psychology*