Suvremena psihologija, Vol. 5 No. 2, 2002.
Stručni rad
Fears in childhood and adolescence
Anita Vulić-Prtorić
Sažetak
This article presents data from the examination of phenomenology of fears in childhood and adolescence. Data were obtained from 2237 children and adolescents from primary school grades fifth to eighth, and secondary school grades from first to fourth. All participants were in regular education programs in seven cities in Croatia. This study presents data on the administration of the Fear and Anxiety Scale for Children and Adolescents SKAD-62 (Vulić-Prtorić, 2002.)
Results indicated that 58% of children and adolescents in this sample experienced fears and 12% of that number experienced their fears very often. Girls reported more fears than boys - ratio was 1.3:1. Children and adolescents in this sample are most frightened that something bad would happen to their parents, they are frightened of death, concerned about the future and fearful of dangerous people that could physically harm them.
According to gender differences, it was noted that primary school girls were more likely than boys to report significantly higher numbers of the four fears: fear of storms and noise, fear of death, fear that something bad would happen to their parents, fear of illness and bodily injury. Secondary school girls were significantly more likely than boys to report high numbers of two fears: fear that something bad would happen to their parents and fear of uncertainty.
Ključne riječi
Fear; anxiety; children; adolescents
Hrčak ID:
3223
URI
Datum izdavanja:
15.12.2002.
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