Fear Survey Schedule.
FSS (FSS-II / FSS-III)
Breadth and intensity of fears across a wide range of stimuli/situations (animals, social, tissue-damage/death, classical-phobia, noises, etc.); a fear-inventory for behaviour therapy
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- ~51 (FSS-II, Geer 1965); ~72-108 (FSS-III, Wolpe & Lang 1964/1977 versions vary). 5- or 7-point fear rating per item (none to terror); subscale/total fear scores (checklist/symptom inventory)
- Language versions
- Many languages incl. NL, DE, ES, multiple cross-national versions (Arrindell international studies)
- Licence
- public-domain / open
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- Reference
- Wolpe, J., & Lang, P. J. (1964). A Fear Survey Schedule for use in behaviour therapy. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 2(1), 27-30.
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