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COVID-19 Fear in Eastern Europe: Validation of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale
- Source :
- International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Springer US, 2020.
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Abstract
- COVID-19 is a major source of fear, stress, and anxiety as well as a major factor impacting the health and wellbeing of people worldwide. The present study builds on the recently developed "Fear of COVID-19 Scale" (Ahorsu et al., In International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 10.1007/s11469-020-00270-8, 2020). The sample comprised of 850 participants, male and female young adults from Russia and Belarus. The majority of survey participants are university students and graduates. Females, students, and others from Russia report higher levels of COVID-19-related fear than those from Belarus. Respondents from Russia and Belarus report less fear than people from Iran who were surveyed earlier. The scale used for the present survey evidenced a good Cronbach's Alpha measure of internal consistency or reliability (0.809). Clearly, further research is needed across locations and over time about the nature and extent of fear caused by COVID 19. Overall, the FCV-19S appears to be a valuable and brief instrument that may provide useful information for intervention and policy purposes to migrate fear and problem behavior linked to infectious disease outbreaks.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
media_common.quotation_subject
030508 substance abuse
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Cronbach's alpha
Intervention (counseling)
medicine
media_common
Addiction
Public health
Cross-national fear
COVID-19
Fear
Mental health
030227 psychiatry
Psychiatry and Mental health
Health psychology
Fear assessment
Scale (social sciences)
Commentary
Anxiety
medicine.symptom
0305 other medical science
Psychology
Clinical psychology
Fear of COVOD-19 Scale
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15571882 and 15571874
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8399dcff7becdc523477c3abcdc92b0e