General Information

The Children's Fantasy Inventory Scale measures the types of fantasy behavior in which children engage.

Number of Versions:	1
Version:	Children's Fantasy Inventory
Author(s):	Erica Rosenfeld & L. Rowell Huesmann
Date of Publication:	1982
Material(s) Needed for Test:	Instrument
Manual:	Available
Charge for one form or kit:	No

Purpose and Nature of Test

Construct(s) Measured:	Aggressive, frequent, fanciful, intellectual, absorption, scary, vivid, active-heroic, and dysphoric fantasies.
Population for which designed:	Age Range: 6 through 9 years old Grade Level: First Grade to Third Grade
Method of Administration:	Group
Source of Information:	Self
Subtests and Scores:
Number of Items:	45
Type of Scale:	Likert

Technical Evaluation

Norms: 

Sample Size:	748
Population:	Elementary school children in Chicago, IL.
Culture/ethnicity:	African-American, Caucasian, Hispanic/Latino
SES Level:	Low Middle to Middle

Reliability: 

Psychometric information:	Provided for Subscales.
The range of Test-Retest Value:	0.39 to 0.67
The range of Inter-rater reliability:	0.89 to 0.94
The range of Internal consistency:	0.42 to 0.70

Validity: 

 Criterion validity was assessed and found to be acceptable.

Practical Evaluation

Scoring Procedure:	Manual Scoring
Examiner Qualifications and Training Required:	None
Permission Required to Use Instrument:	Yes
If yes, by whom:	L. Rowell Huesmann

Notes

Original Reference(s):	Huesmann, L. R., & Eron, L. D. (1986). Television and the Aggressive Child. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Other Reference(s):	Rosenfeld, E., Huesmann, L. R., Eron, L. D., & Torney-Purta, J. (1982). Measuring patterns of fantasy behavior in children. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 42 (2), 347-366. Huesmann, L. R., Lagerspetz, K., & Eron, L. D. (1984). Intervening variables in the TV Violence - Aggression relation: Evidence from two countries. Developmental Psychology, 20 (5), 746-775.

Contact

Name:	L. Rowell Huesmann
Organization:	Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research University of Michigan
Address:	PO Box 1248, 426 Thompson Street Room# 5030
City:	Ann Arbor
State:	MI
Zip:	48106-1248
Phone:	(734) 764-8385
Fax:	(734) 763-1202
E-mail:	huesmann@umich.edu
Website:	http://www.isr.umich.edu/rcgd/

Last updated by Violence Institute of New Jersey:  August 2006