The development and initial validation of a scale to measure social fear.
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Developed a true-false scale to measure Social Fear, which Meehl argues is a sign of schizotypy, using procedures to maximize reliability and minimize response set bias (N = 910). Interviews with selected Ss (N = 44) confirm that the scale measures social fear, and the scale was found to correlate with previously developed schizotypy scales (N = 252).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical psychology
دوره 40 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1984