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AES
Angsterwartungsfragebogen bei Flugreisen
Short abstract
The German version of the AES for air travel measures a component of fear of flying, namely the strength of the expectation that symptoms of fear will occur during a flight. The scale was developed to allow the theoretical model of anxiety behaviour of Gursky and Reiss (1987) to be verified. The AES for air travel contains 10 items that are concrete and behavioural, but not scheduled. They describe various anxiety-related symptoms or feelings. Reliability: The internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) of the original version was alpha = .90 and the retestreliability was rtt = .62. The internal consistency of the German version was alpha = .81. The estimation of the 3-month Retestreliability yielded a value of rtt = .75. Validity: A factor analysis shows that the two scales represent two different factors. The AES correlated with the question of the fear of flying to r = .34 and the avoidance behaviour to r = .28. Positive correlations were also found to the Fear of Flying Scale and its subscales with the exception of the subscale Turbulences. In accordance with the hypothesis, there was only a lower correlation to the divergent hazard expectation questionnaire, but an unexpectedly high correlation to the Anxiety Sensitivity Index, which questions the independence of the two constructs.
Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID). (2019). Open Test Archive: AES. Angsterwartungsfragebogen bei Flugreisen. Available at: https://www.testarchiv.eu/en/test/9005017
Citation
Mühlberger, A., Herrmann, M. J. & Pauli, P. (2010). AES. Angsterwartungsfragebogen bei Flugreisen [Verfahrensdokumentation, Autoren-Kurzbeschreibung und Fragebogen]. In Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie (ZPID) (Hrsg.), Open Test Archive. Trier: ZPID.
https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4521
Short information
Short Name AES
English Name Anxiety Expectancy Scale Fear of Flying - German version
Authors Mühlberger, A., Herrmann, M.J., Pauli, P.
Published in Test archive 2010
Copyright/Licence Copyright Autoren; CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0
Key words Anxiety, Phobias, Fear, Panic, Air Transportation
Language versions deu
Construct Expectations of fear and danger according to Gursky & Reiss (1987)
Application age Adults
Item number 10 items
Subscales None;
Application Time 5 min.
Interpretation time A few minutes.
Internal consistency: Cronbach's Alpha = .81. 3-month return stability: rtt = .75.
Findings on factorial, convergent and divergent validity.
No information.
Applications Research, Clinical Diagnosis
There is no abstract in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
There is no review in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
First published in
Mühlberger, A., Herrmann, M. J. & Pauli, P. (1996). Angsterwartungsfragebogen bei Flugreisen (AES). Tübingen: Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Psychologisches Institut. PSYNDEX Dok.-Nr. 9005017
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Contact information
Prof. Dr. Andreas Mühlberger, Lehrstuhl für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Fakultät für Humanwissenschaften, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, D-93053 Regensburg
Prof. Dr. Paul Pauli, Universitätsleitung, Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Universität Würzburg, Sanderring 2, D-97070 Würzburg
Prof. Dr. phil. Martin Herrmann, Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie des Universitätsklinikums, Margarete-Höppel-Platz 1, D-97080 Würzburg