ANXIETY mas et al. (2010)

Question 1

aim

Answer 1

to develop a valid and reliable measure of blood anxiety and blood phobia symptoms for people who speak spanish as their first language
@ the time was no ques for this population specifically

Question 2

sample

Answer 2

39 people w blood phibia
135 matched controls
all ps from andalusia spain
avg age 24
two groups matched on age marital status and educational level

Question 3

methodology

Answer 3

completed ques of 50 situations about agoraphobia and social phobia and blood injection phobia

rated how often they exeprienced cognitive bio and behavioural phobic responses on a 4pt likert style scale

to make fnal list of items the researchers removed items that made no diff between avg scores in phobic and control grp

best 18 items selected

phobic grp interviewed to gather additional info about phobia and completed fear ques FQ marks and matthews 1979
assess symptoms of agoraphobia social phobia and blood injection phobia

Question 4

results

Answer 4

there was a strong pos correlation between BIPI score and scores on the blood sub section of the FQ
people w blood phobias obtained significantly higher on the BIPI than people without a prev diagnosis of blood phobia

Question 5

conclusions

Answer 5

scale found to be reliable and valid measure of blood phobia in spanish speakers and therefore useful in diagnosing this disorder

Question 6

weakness lack of generalisability/represented

Answer 6

more females than males in blood phobic group
female n=30 male n=9
matters because BIPI may be better at detection in females than males bc they badly represented in original sample

Question 7

strength

Answer 7

rigorous statistical analysis used to select the final 18 situations from the original 50

factor analysis used to ensure items that were least helpful in diagnosing were removed
left useful items

important bc all data obtained by psychometric tests shlkd bc useful in identifying vulnerable people who need support