The fear of COVID-19 scale: Validation in spanish university students

PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH

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Martinez-Lorca, Manuela¹  Martinez-Lorca, Alberto^2,3  Jose Criado-Alvarez, Juan^4,5  Cabanas Armesilla, Ma Dolores⁶  Latorre, Jose M.¹ 

[1] Univ Castilla La Mancha, Fac Hlth Sci, Dept Psychol, Toledo, Spain

[2] Ramon y Cajal Univ Hosp, Nucl Med Dept, Madrid, Spain

[3] Univ Castilla La Mancha, Fac Hlth Sci, Dept Nursing Physiotherapy & Occupat Therapy, Toledo, Spain

[4] Univ Castilla La Mancha, Fac Hlth Sci, Dept Sci Med, Toledo, Spain

[5] Hlth Sci Inst Castile La Mancha, Reg Hlth Welf, Toledo, Spain

[6] Univ Complutense Madrid, Dept Human Anat & Embryol, Plaza Ramon y Cajal S-N, Madrid, Spain

关键词: COVID-19;    Fear;    Psychometric properties;    Anxiety;    University students;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113350

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

The emergence of the COVID-19 and its consequences has led to fears, worries, and anxiety among individuals worldwide. Recently, Ahorsu et al. (2020) developed the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S). The present study aimed to translate and validate the FCV-19S in Spanish university students. The sample comprised 606 Spanishundergraduates with a mean age of 21.59 years old. We also used a six items from the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) by van Knippenberg, Duivenvoorden, Bonke & Passchiner (1990). The Fear of COVID-19 scale used for the present survey evidenced a good alpha measure of internal con-sistency or reliability analysis with ordinal alpha and ordinal omega. Seven items with acceptable corrected item-total correlation were retained and further confirmed by significant and strong factor loadings. Concurrent validity was supported by the six items of the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). The Fear of COVID-19 Scale, a seven-item scale, has a stable unidimensional structure with robust psychometric properties. It is reliable and valid in assessing fear of COVID-19 among the Spanish university students.

【 授权许可】

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