Development and Initial Validation of the Medical Fear Survey-Short Version

Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 318-336

  Olatunji, Bunmi O ^a   Ebesutani, Chad ^b   Sawchuk, Craig N ^c   McKay, Dean ^d   Lohr, Jeffrey M ^e   Kleinknecht, Ronald A ^f  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^f WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

disgust; item response theory; medical fear; MFS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864388658     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191111415368     Document Type: Article

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