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ArticleInternational journal of mental health and addiction2023

COVID-19 Fear Among Pakistanis: Psychometric Evaluation of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale Using Item Response Theory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis.

Irfan Ullah, Muhammad Junaid Tahir, Sajjad Ali, Rabia Waseem, Mark D Griffiths, Mohammed A Mamun, Chung-Ying Lin, Amir H Pakpour

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Irfan UllahKabir Medical College, Gandhara University, Peshawar, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-1100-101X
Muhammad Junaid TahirAmeer-Ud-Din Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-0335-6681
Sajjad AliZiauddin University, Karachi, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-8024-5942
Rabia WaseemKarachi Medical and Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Mark D GriffithsInternational Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8880-6524
Mohammed A MamunCHINTA Research Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0002-1728-8966
Chung-Ying LinInstitute of Allied Health Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-2129-4242
Amir H PakpourDepartment of Nursing, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-8798-5345

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The Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) assesses the fear of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and has been translated and validated into over 20 languages. The present study conducted confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and item response theory (IRT) analyses on the FCV-19S among a sample of 937 Pakistani adults (mean [SD] age of 25.83 [11.80] years; 537 [57.3%] females). The CFA and IRT confirmed the unidimensionality of the FCV-19S. The Likert-type scale used in the FCV-19S was supported by the proper threshold orderings. Additionally, no DIF contrast had an absolute value larger than 0.5 regarding the participants' characteristics of gender, age, living status, and education in the IRT findings. The FCV-19S was found to be valid and reliable with strong psychometric properties among the Pakistani adult population.

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COVID-19FCV-19S Urdu validationFearFear of COVID-19 ScalePakistani population

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