ArticleInternational journal of mental health and addiction2023
The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Psychometric Properties of the Ethiopian Amharic Version.
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- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Fear of COVID-19.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
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- Adaptation and Preliminary Validation of the Fear of Coronavirus Vaccination Scale in the Prospective Study among a Representative Sample of Polish, Israeli, Slovenian, and German Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Validation and psychometric properties of the Farsi version of the fear of COVID-19 scale among pregnant women.Brain and behavior · 2022Article
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- Psychometric Properties of an Instrument to Assess the Fear of COVID-19 in a Sample in Argentina: a Mixed Approach.International journal of mental health and addiction · 2022Article
- Item Response Theory Analysis of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S): A Systematic Review.Psychology research and behavior management · 2022Review
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- How Fear of COVID-19 Affects Service Experience and Recommendation Intention in Theme Parks: An Approach of Integrating Protection Motivation Theory and Experience Economy Theory.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Validation of the fear of COVID-19 scale in a central Balkan country - Serbia.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- The relationship between nurses' risk assessment and management, fear perception, and mental wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Validation of the French Version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale and Its Associations with Depression, Anxiety, and Differential Emotions.International journal of mental health and addiction · 2022Article
- Systematic review of psychometric properties and cross-cultural adaptation of the University of California and Los Angeles loneliness scale in adults.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2021Article
- A multi-centric study on validation of the Fear Scale for COVID-19 in five Arabic speaking countries.Brain and behavior · 2021Article
- Trust and well-being of postpartum women during the COVID-19 crisis: Depression and fear of COVID-19.SSM - population health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Fear is an adaptive response that alerts individuals to the presence of a danger or threat. However, in the context of the current novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the fear experienced could be intense because the number of victims of the virus is continuously increasing globally and is inducing severe mental health concerns. The seven-item Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) assesses the severity of fear related to COVID-19 and has already been validated in many languages. The present study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Amharic (Ethiopian) version of the FCV-19S. An online survey including the Amharic versions of the FCV-19S and the six-item UCLA Loneliness Scale (ULS-6) was administered to 307 Amharic-speaking participants using convenience sampling. The participants' age ranged between 18 and 70 years. In the evaluation process, confirmatory factor analysis, Item Response Theory, concurrent validity, and reliabilities (Cronbach's alpha, McDonald's omega, Guttman's lambda, and composite reliability) of the Amharic version of the FCV-19S were performed. The uni-dimensional structure of the FCV-19S was confirmed and the Amharic version of the FCV-19S had strong psychometric properties. All reliability coefficients of the Amharic FCV-19S were satisfactory, with sound concurrent validity shown by significant and positive correlations with loneliness. The results indicate that the FCV-19S can be used in research to assess the fear of COVID-19 among Amharic-speaking populations.
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