Citation

Ingersoll TS, Poulin J, Deng R, Shan X, Witt H, Swain M. J. Evid. Based Soc. Work (2004) 2012; 9(4): 317-332.

Affiliation

Department of Social Work , West Chester University , West Chester , Pennsylvania , USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/15433714.2010.516689

PMID

22830935

Abstract

In this study the authors examine the reliability and validity of the Fear of Intimacy with Helping Professionals Scale (FIS-HP) with Chinese (N = 150) and American (N = 145) elderly persons. Factor analysis using principal component analysis with a varimax rotation was used to examine the FIS-HP factor structure for both samples. A three factor solution emerged for both samples. The FIS-HP has acceptable internal consistency reliability with both the United States and China samples. Correlation analysis supported five of the six hypotheses related to convergent validity. English and Mandarin versions of the scale are presented.

Language: en