The validity and reliability study of MBPi (Multidimensional Blood/Injury Phobia Inventory)
Ak, S.ç; Birgül Ak, H.; Kılıç, C.
Turk Psikiyatri Dergisi 25(1): 42-49
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 2651-3463 PMID: 24590849 Document Number: 677878
This study aims to translate the 40-item MBPI (Multidimensional Blood/Injury Phobia Inventory) into Turkish and examination the reliability and validity figures of this scale. Trained interviewers assessed 477 factory workers using a battery of self-report measures including demographic information and MBPI that had been translated into Turkish by the study team. 61 of the 477 were also interviewed face-to-face by the investigator using the anxiety disorders/phobias sections of the CIDI (Composite International Diagnostic Interview). MBPI had high internal consistency value (Cronbach alpha= 0.94). Validity studies showed scales successfully discriminated patient groups from healthy controls. Factor analysis of MBPI resulted in five factors; the factor contents were very similar to the original scale. Our study has demonstrated the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of MBPI.