Evaluation of the English Version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale and Its Relationship with Behavior Change and Political Beliefs.
The COVID-19 pandemic has many individuals around the world fearing for their lives. The constant news coverage, rapid transmission, and relatively high mortality rate, make fearfulness a natural response. To assess the fear of COVID-19, the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) was developed. The primar...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 372 - 383 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=161691875&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 161691875 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 15571874 46AW jtl: International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction issn: 15571874 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2023 vid: 21 iid: 1 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 161691875 10.1007/s11469-020-00342-9 ppf: 372 ppct: 11 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 322KB tig: atl: Evaluation of the English Version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale and Its Relationship with Behavior Change and Political Beliefs. aug: au: Winter, Taylor Riordan, Benjamin C. Pakpour, Amir H. Griffiths, Mark D. Mason, Andre Poulgrain, John W. Scarf, Damian affil: Department of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Discipline of Addiction Medicine, Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Department of Nursing, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand su: New Zealand Political change Psychometrics COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 Stay-at-home orders sug: subj: Political change Psychometrics COVID-19 pandemic New Zealand COVID-19 Stay-at-home orders keyword: Behavior change Fear Fear of COVID-19 scale Behavior change Fear Fear of COVID-19 scale ab: The COVID-19 pandemic has many individuals around the world fearing for their lives. The constant news coverage, rapid transmission, and relatively high mortality rate, make fearfulness a natural response. To assess the fear of COVID-19, the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) was developed. The primary aim of the present study was to conduct the first psychometric assessment and validation of the English version of the FCV-19S. Two samples were collected in New Zealand. Sample 1 comprised 1624 participants of which 1397 completed all questions and were used in the analyses. Sample 2 comprised 1111 participants of which 1023 completed all questions and were used in the analyses. Several psychometric tests were conducted to ascertain the scale's reliability and validity. Across both samples, the FCV-19S had high internal consistency. Consistent with the earlier validation studies, the FCV-19S displayed a moderately strong relationship with the perceived infectability and germ aversion subscales of the perceived vulnerability to disease scale (PVDS). Furthermore, FCV-19S scores were negatively correlated with the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS) scores. With respect to the motivating role of fear, there was a significant relationship between FCV-19S scores and adherence to the lockdown rules that were implemented in New Zealand. Finally, consistent with recent reports on the politicization of the COVID-19 pandemic, an exploratory question found that participants who rated themselves as more conservative tended to report lower FCV-19S scores. The English version of the COVID-19S is a sound unidimensional scale with robust psychometric properties and can be used with confidence among English-speaking populations. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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