Application of Logistic Regression on the Analysis of Chilean Children’s Fears
The research aimed at finding some deciding factors in Chilean children’s fears. For carrying out this study, a survey was administered to children between 6 and 11 years old through personal interviews, under their teachers’ supervision and parents’ permission. The measuring instrument was based on...
| Autor Principal: | Aguirre González, Medardo Juan; Centro de Estudios de Opinión Ciudadana (CEOC) Universidad de Talca |
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| Otros Autores: | Castro Meline, Marcela; Researcher at the Public Opinion Research Centre at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Talca., Campano, Claudio Candia; University of Talca, Veloso Castro, Bárbara; University of Talca |
| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Idioma: | eng |
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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
2014
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http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/revPsycho/article/view/2779 |
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The research aimed at finding some deciding factors in Chilean children’s fears. For carrying out this study, a survey was administered to children between 6 and 11 years old through personal interviews, under their teachers’
supervision and parents’ permission. The measuring instrument was based on the questionnaire adaptation “Fear Survey for Children; revised, FSSCR”. The sample consisted of 729 children of both genders and from different
socioeconomic strata and areas (urban and rural). For its examination, a Factorial Analysis of Main Components was applied, resulting that fears can be grouped into five factors: Daily life, Supernatural facts, Health, Natural
disasters and Self-esteem. Thanks to this, a weighted index of fears was built. Through a Logistic Regression Model, some possible deciding factors in children’s fears were analysed. For example, it was found that living in the city or in the country is not a significant factor when determining children’s fears. On the other hand, the factors that turned out to be significant are: the gender, finding terrifying images on the internet, the socioeconomic level that each child belongs to and, being able to manage on his or her own when the child confronts a frightening event. |
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