find the pdf of $Y$, given that $Y=1-X^{2}$, $f_{X}(x)=\frac{3}{8}(x+1)^{2}$

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Let $X$ be a continuous random variable with density function

$f_{X}(x)=\frac{3}{8}(x+1)^{2}, \; -1 < x < 1$.

Find the density function of $Y=1-X^{2}$. The answer given is

$f_{X}(x)=\frac{3}{8}(1-y)^{-1/2} + \frac{3}{8}(1-y)^{1/2}, \; 0 < y < 1$.

can someone help me

until now i thought it was something like that

$f_{Y}(y)=\frac{3}{16}(1-\sqrt{1-y})^{2}(1-y)^{-1/2} + \frac{3}{16}(1+\sqrt{1-y})^{2}(1-y)^{-1/2}, \; 0 < y < 1$.