The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Its Structure and Measurement Invariance Across 48 Countries
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081740%3A_____%2F22%3A00549271" target="_blank" >RIV/68081740:_____/22:00549271 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://leicester.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/The_Fear_of_COVID-19_Scale_Its_Structure_and_Measurement_Invariance_Across_48_Countries/16988215" target="_blank" >https://leicester.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/The_Fear_of_COVID-19_Scale_Its_Structure_and_Measurement_Invariance_Across_48_Countries/16988215</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pas0001102" target="_blank" >10.1037/pas0001102</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Its Structure and Measurement Invariance Across 48 Countries
Original language description
COVID-19 has been a source of fear around the world. We asked whether the measurement of this fear is trustworthy and comparable across countries. In particular, we explored the measurement invariance and cross-cultural replicability of the widely-used Fear of COVID-19 (the FCV-19S) scale, testing community samples from 48 countries (N = 14,558). The findings indicate that the Fear of COVID-19 scale has a somewhat problematic structure, yet the one-factor solution is replicable across cultural contexts and could be used in studies that compare people who vary on gender and education level. The validity of the scale is supported by a consistent pattern of positive correlations with perceived stress and general anxiety. However, given the unclear structure of the FCV-19S, we recommend using latent factor scores, instead of raw scores, especially in cross-cultural comparisons.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Psychological Assessment
ISSN
1040-3590
e-ISSN
1939-134X
Volume of the periodical
34
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
294-310
UT code for WoS article
000744214900001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85125691484