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Recall and Validation of Phobia Origins as a Function of a Structured Interview Versus the Phobia Origins Questionnaire

Ronald A. Kleinknecht

knecht{at}cc.wwu.edu.

Ira E. Hyman, Jr.

Western Washington University

Memory for fear onset events was examined in 43 dog-fearful and 48 blood/injection-fearful participants. Half of each fear type was administered the Phobia Origins Questionnaire (POQ), and half the Phobia Origins Structured Interview (POSI). Written accounts of recalled onset experiences were sent to participants’ parents for verification. More participants assessed by the POQ reported a phobia onset event (93%) than did those assessed by the POSI (54%).Amajority in both methods recalled conditioning-like experiences. The POQ resulted in more reports of vicarious and informational onset reports than did the POSI. Parents confirmed more onset event reports obtained by the POSI (81%) than those obtained by the POQ, (50%). In addition, in 21% of cases where a child recalled an event, a parent reported an onset event that predated the one provided by the child. Results are discussed in terms of memory mechanisms operative in autobiographical memories.

Behavior Modification, Vol. 23, No. 1, 61-78 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/0145445599231003


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