Hello,
we are planning to run an experiment involving aversive stimuli, some of which may be phobic to some. Therefore, I am looking for a screening self-report tool in the English language that can be digitally implemented, and ideally, is freely available. Ideally, the measure would be relatively simple, include the most common objects/situations, and ask as few questions as possible, as concisely as possible.
Our research question itself is unrelated to phobias - we are not looking to reliably identify people with phobias. Rather, the goal is to exclude potentially at-risk people from our participant pool, meaning false alarms are less of a problem than misses.
Can someone give me a recommendation? WSQ questions 6+7 (Article A Brief Web-Based Screening Questionnaire for Common Mental ...
) look rather intuitive, and appear to have at least okay-ish sensitivity, but as I am not an expert on the topic, I thought I'd ask for advice first.Thanks in advance!
Hi Julia
Here are a couple of tools to look at. They might be helpful.
Ranta, K., Kaltiala-Heino, R., Rantanen, P., Tuomisto, M. T., & Marttunen, M. (2007). Screening social phobia in adolescents from general population: The validity of the Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) against a clinical interview. European Psychiatry, 22(4), 244-251.
Connor, K. M., Kobak, K. A., Churchill, L. E., Katzelnick, D., & Davidson, J. R. (2001). Mini‐SPIN: A brief screening assessment for generalized social anxiety disorder. Depression and anxiety, 14(2), 137-140.
Donker, T., van Straten, A., Marks, I. M., & Cuijpers, P. (2009). A brief Web-based screening questionnaire for common mental disorders: development and validation. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 11(3), e19.
Thank you! Donker et al. (aside from the old Marks & Mathews one) was the one I already found - I'll check and compare the other two recommendations.
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