title: Fear of intimacy with helping professionals scale: reliability and validity of English and Mandarin versions.
abstract: In this study the authors examine the reliability and validity of the Fear of Intimacy with Helping Professionals Scale (FIS-HP) with Chinese (N = 150) and American (N = 145) elderly persons. Factor analysis using principal component analysis with a varimax rotation was used to examine the FIS-HP factor structure for both samples. A three factor solution emerged for both samples. The FIS-HP has acceptable internal consistency reliability with both the United States and China samples. Correlation analysis supported five of the six hypotheses related to convergent validity. English and Mandarin versions of the scale are presented.
authors: Department of Social Work, West Chester University, West Chester, PA, USA.
authors: Travis Sky
authors: TS
authors: Ingersoll
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Poulin
authors: Rong
authors: R
authors: Deng
authors: Xu
authors: X
authors: Shan
authors: Heather
authors: H
authors: Witt
authors: Melanie
authors: M
authors: Swain
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002681:China; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008132:Loneliness / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States