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Assessing dog fear: Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Dog Phobia Questionnaire

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The Dog Phobia Questionnaire (DPQ; Hong & Zinbarg, 1999) is a 27-item self-report questionnaire designed to assess symptoms of dog phobia. The present study investigated the psychometric properties of the DPQ. METHOD: Study 1 explored the factor structure, internal consistency, and convergent and discriminant validity of the DPQ using an undergraduate sample (N = 174). Study 2 assessed the extent to which DPQ scores …

Authors

Vorstenbosch V; Antony MM; Koerner N; Boivin MK

Journal

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 780–786

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

June 2012

DOI

10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.10.006

ISSN

0005-7916