Development and psychometric validation of the insect fear questionnaire for school-aged children in Iran

• Arman Latifi,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Research Center for Evidence-Based Health Management, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran

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• Mostafa Farahbakhsh,

  Roles Data curation, Supervision

  Affiliation Research Center of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

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• Saideh Yousefi,

  Roles Investigation, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Sirjan School of Medical Sciences, Sirjan, Iran

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• Somayeh Azimi,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran

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• Mahasti Alizadeh,

  Roles Validation, Conceptualization

  Affiliations Medical Education Research Center, Health Management and Safety Promotion Research Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran,

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• Tohid Jafari-Koshki,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliations Molecular Medicine Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran, Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

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• Aboozar Soltani,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Center for Health Sciences, Institute of Health, Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

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• Sara Rahimi ,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: abbasi627@gmail.com (MA); rahimisaraa@gmail.com (SR)

  Affiliation Medicinal Plants Research Center, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran

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• Madineh Abbasi

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision

  * E-mail: abbasi627@gmail.com (MA); rahimisaraa@gmail.com (SR)

  Affiliations Research Center of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2025-7837

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