Pii: S0005-7967(98)00201-0
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Previous research [Frederikson, M., Annas, P., Fisher, H. & Wik, G. (1996). Gender and age dierences in the prevalence of speci®c fears and phobias. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 34, 33±39.] has shown that speci®c phobia symptoms of adults cluster into three subtypes: animal phobia, bloodinjection-injury phobia and environmental±situational phobia. The present study examined whether these speci®c phobia subtypes can also be found in children. 996 children aged between 7 and 19 years completed a brief questionnaire regarding the frequency with which they experienced speci®c phobia symptoms. Con®rmatory factor analysis was employed to examine the structure of these data. Results showed that childhood speci®c phobia symptoms indeed cluster into the three subtypes as described by Frederikson et al. and that these subtypes are either intercorrelated or the product of a single higher order factor. This structure appeared to be largely invariant across genders and age groups. # 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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