The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Its Structure and Measurement Invariance Across 48 Countries

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<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Its Structure and Measurement Invariance Across 48 Countries

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Its Structure and Measurement Invariance Across 48 Countries

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Psychological Assessment

ISSN

1040-3590

e-ISSN

1939-134X

Svazek periodika

34

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

17

Strana od-do

294-310

Kód UT WoS článku

000744214900001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85125691484