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Validity of Steiner’s Automobile Anxiety Inventory

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  • Zack Z. Cernovsky

    (Western University, Canada)

  • Milad Fattahi

    (Adler Graduate Professional School, Canada)

  • Larry C. Litman

    (Western University, Canada)

  • Silvia Tenenbaum

    (University of Toronto, Canada)

  • Beta Leung

    (Canada)

  • Vitalina Nosonova

    (Medex Assessments, Canada)

  • Crystal Zhao

    (Canada)

  • Manfred Dreer

    (Canada)

Abstract

Background: Steiner’s Automobile Anxiety Inventory (AAI) is a 23 item questionnaire which provides a quantitative measure of vehicular anxiety (amaxophobia), common in survivors of motor vehicle accidents (MVAs). The present study examines criterion and convergent validity of the AAI. Method: De-identified data from a sample of 50 patients (mean age=39.1, SD=12.1; 17 men, 33 women) injured in high impact MVAs included the scores on Steiner’s AAI, as well as the pain ratings on the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI), scores on the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), the Rivermead Post-Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire, Subjective Neuropsychological Symptoms Scale (SNPSS), Whetstone Vehicle Anxiety Questionnaire, and on Driving Anxiety Questionnaire (DAQ). The patients’ scores were compared to de-identified AAI data of 22 normal controls (mean age=45.9, SD=21.3; 10 men, 12 women). Results: Mean score of the patients on Steiner’s AAI (mean=15.0, SD=2.5) was significantly higher than the one of normal controls (mean=3.2, SD=3.8) in a t-test (t=15.6, df=70, p

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  • Zack Z. Cernovsky & Milad Fattahi & Larry C. Litman & Silvia Tenenbaum & Beta Leung & Vitalina Nosonova & Crystal Zhao & Manfred Dreer, 2021. "Validity of Steiner’s Automobile Anxiety Inventory," European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, European Open Science, vol. 3(1), pages 56-61, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:epw:ejmed0:v:3:y:2021:i:1:id:40661
    DOI: 10.24018/ejmed.2021.3.1.661
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