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Subscales of the in Community Dwelling Older Adults - Relations to Clinical and Cognitive Measures. | LitMetric

Subscales of the in Community Dwelling Older Adults - Relations to Clinical and Cognitive Measures.

Clin Gerontol

Centre for Emotional Health, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

Published: May 2021

AI Article Synopsis

  • A study explored the effectiveness of five subscales from a fear assessment tool (FSS-III) to differentiate between the phobias of older and younger adults, focusing on specific fears such as Aggression and Social Fears.
  • Findings revealed older adults had significantly higher scores in Aggression, while younger adults scored higher in Social Fears, indicating different fear profiles across age groups.
  • The research suggests that using specific subscale scores from the FSS-III can enhance the diagnosis and treatment of phobias in older adults, ultimately improving their quality of life by addressing fears like victimization.

Article Abstract

One major obstacle to the diagnosis and treatment of specific phobias in later life is the lack of assessment tools that are relevant to the fears of older adults. This study investigated the utility of five reliable subscales (Blood/Injury, Agoraphobia, Aggression, Animal/Insect, Social Fears) derived from the , a popular measure of phobic fear, in discriminating older from younger participants. The sample was comprised of 81 younger and 61 older adults who completed self-report measures of anxiety and depression and neuropsychological tests. Older adults scored significantly higher than their younger counterparts only on the Aggression subscale of the FSS-III; whereas younger adults scored significantly higher than the older group only on the Social Fears subscale. These subscales showed slightly different associations with other measures of anxiety, depression, and intelligence across age groups. Within the older sample, scores on the Aggression subscale were significantly higher than all other subscales except for Social Fears. It is recommended that clinicians and researchers use subscale scores derived from the FSS-III, rather than total scores, when treating and studying fears of later life. Use of FSS-III subscales in assessment could result in improved detection and treatment of phobias in later life, and thus raise quality of life among the elderly. Older adults' fears of victimization should be prioritized as a possible treatment target in clinical settings.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07317115.2019.1571554DOI Listing

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