Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Child Study Center, Department of Psychology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
Trends Psychiatry Psychother. 2022 May 19;44:e20200170. doi: 10.47626/2237-6089-2020-0170.
To translate the Fear Survey Schedule for Infants-Preschoolers (FSSIP) into Brazilian Portuguese and to examine its reliability and validity for assessing fears among Brazilian preschoolers.
Two independent bilingual professionals conducted translation and back-translation of the original survey. The translated version was used to assess 152 preschool children divided in two groups: Clinical - 71 children referred for treatment for nighttime fear, and Control - 81 children enrolled at kindergarten who had not been referred for any mental health service in the previous 6 months. All parents filled out the FSSIP, the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL/1.5-5), and a sociodemographic questionnaire.
Cronbach's alpha coefficients were 0.949 (95% CI: 0.94-0.96) for the entire sample; 0.948 (95% CI: 0.93-0.96) for the Clinical Group, and 0.95 (95% CI: 0.93-0.96) for the Control Group. The mean score for fears was higher in the clinical group (60.19 vs. 51.53, t = -2.056; p = 0.042), indicating acceptable discriminate validity. We also found positive, moderate, and statistically significant correlations between FSSIP and most CBCL scores, indicating good convergent validity.
The Brazilian Portuguese version of the FSSIP showed good psychometric properties, and hence may be used in research and clinical settings to evaluate fears in preschoolers.
将婴儿-学龄前 Fear Survey Schedule（FSSIP）翻译成巴西葡萄牙语，并检验其在评估巴西学龄前儿童恐惧方面的信度和效度。
两位独立的双语专业人员对原始问卷进行了翻译和回译。使用翻译后的版本评估了 152 名学龄前儿童，分为两组：临床组-71 名因夜间恐惧而接受治疗的儿童，对照组-81 名在过去 6 个月内未因任何心理健康问题而接受任何服务的幼儿园儿童。所有家长填写了 FSSIP、儿童行为检查表（CBCL/1.5-5）和社会人口学问卷。
整个样本的 Cronbach's alpha 系数为 0.949（95%置信区间：0.94-0.96）；临床组为 0.948（95%置信区间：0.93-0.96），对照组为 0.95（95%置信区间：0.93-0.96）。临床组的恐惧平均得分较高（60.19 分与 51.53 分，t = -2.056；p = 0.042），表明具有可接受的判别效度。我们还发现 FSSIP 与大多数 CBCL 得分之间存在正相关、中度且具有统计学意义，表明具有良好的聚合效度。
巴西葡萄牙语版的 FSSIP 具有良好的心理测量学特性，因此可用于研究和临床环境中评估学龄前儿童的恐惧。
