Psychometric Performance of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) and Its Validation in Czechia

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F24759384%3A_____%2F23%3AN0000006" target="_blank" >RIV/24759384:_____/23:N0000006 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/11/8990" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/11/8990</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15118990" target="_blank" >10.3390/su15118990</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Psychometric Performance of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) and Its Validation in Czechia

Original language description

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought significant changes to people's lives, causing high levels of anxiety, distress, and fear. In response, the "Fear of COVID-19" scale (FCV-19S) was developed in 2020 to measure the severity of fears related to COVID-19. This study assessed the psychome-tric properties of the Czech version of the FCV-19S, which was administered to a representative sample of 1372 participants, and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted. The sample reflects the structure of a theoretical population aged 15-74 years and is composed of 50% males and 50% females. Moreover, univariate statistics were calculated, internal consistency was tested, and uni-dimensionality based on principal component analysis was performed. In addition, univariate statistical analyses were performed, internal consistency was tested, and univariate consistency was also assessed using principal component analysis. CFA indicated that the scale demonstrated very good standard indices; FCV-19S showed a high level of internal consistency, and it adequately differentiated the levels of fear among diverse subpopulations. The findings suggest that the Czech version of the FCV-19S is a valid and reliable instrument that has robust psychometric properties and can, therefore, be recommended for use in research. The availability of the Czech version of the FCV-19S will contribute to assessments of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Czech population, providing valuable information in guiding interventions aimed at reducing the negative psychological impacts of the pandemic.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30302 - Epidemiology

Project

<a href="/en/project/EF18_054%2F0014660" target="_blank" >EF18_054/0014660: Setting the Conditions and Environment for the International and Cross-sectoral Cooperation</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Sustainability

ISSN

2071-1050

e-ISSN

2071-1050

Volume of the periodical

15

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

8990

UT code for WoS article

001005070400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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