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ISSN : 2233-6710(Print)
ISSN : 2384-2121(Online)
Journal of Asia Pacific Counseling Vol.6 No.1 pp.21-40
DOI : https://doi.org/10.18401.2016.6.1.2

A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Fears in Turkish, South Korean, and American Students

Joy J. Burnham1, Sunkyung Kim2, Begüm Serim Yildiz3, Morgan Kiper Riechel1, Özgür Erdur-Bake3r, Christina N. Kirby1,Juliana K. Morgado1
1The University of Alabama, USA
2Yongmoon Graduate School of Counseling Psychology, South Korea
3Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Corresponding Author Joy J. Burnham, Department of Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methodology, and Counseling, The University of Alabama. Box 870231, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0231, USA. Email: jburnham@ua.edu

Abstract

Fears of children from Turkey, South Korea, and the United States were compared for the first time using translated versions of the American Fear Survey Schedule (FSSC-AM; Burnham, 2005). Although several versions of the Fear Survey Schedule for Children (FSSC; Scherer & Nakamura, 1968) have been used since it was introduced, no published studies have reported the fears of South Korean children, and only a limited number of Turkish studies have used the FSSC (Serim, 2010; Serim-Yıldız & Erdur-Baker, 2013; Serim-Yıldız, Erdur-Baker, & Bugay, 2013). This exploratory study presents data from middle and high school students from two countries rarely studied in the fear literature. Fears of school-aged children in Asia and Eurasia are presented and compared to an American sample. The sample included 637 middle and high school students, and significant differences were found across age, gender, and country, and in most common fears. Implications for counseling and future research will be discussed.

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