Validation and psychometric evaluation of the Italian version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale

P Soraci, A Ferrari, FA Abbiati, E Del Fante… - International journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background The advent of COVID-19 worldwide has led to consequences for people's
health, both physical and psychological, such as fear and anxiety. This is the case in Italy …

Psychometric properties of the Norwegian version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale

MM Iversen, TM Norekvål, K Oterhals… - International journal of …, 2021 - Springer
To examine the psychometric properties of the Norwegian version of the Fear of COVID-19
Scale (FCV-19S), randomly selected individuals from a larger registry study were invited. We …

A psychometric examination of the coronavirus anxiety scale and the Fear of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Scale in the Italian population

G Orrù, D Bertelloni, F Diolaiuti, C Conversano… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has caused not only significant
physical health problems but also mental health disorders. Anxiety and fear appear to be the …

The fear of COVID-19 scale: development and initial validation

DK Ahorsu, CY Lin, V Imani, M Saffari… - International journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background The emergence of the COVID-19 and its consequences has led to fears,
worries, and anxiety among individuals worldwide. The present study developed the Fear of …

Mental health screening for COVID-19: A proposed cutoff score for the Greek version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S)

VA Nikopoulou, V Holeva, E Parlapani… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic elicited fear. The Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) is a newly
developed self-reported measure, originally developed in Persian to assess COVID-19 …

Psychometric properties of the Greek version of FCV-19S

V Tsipropoulou, VA Nikopoulou, V Holeva… - International journal of …, 2021 - Springer
As COVID-19 delivered a devastating blow around Europe, unprecedented mental health
issues have arisen. This study outlines the Greek translation and validation of the Fear of …

Fear of COVID-19 in Romania: Validation of the Romanian version of the fear of COVID-19 scale using graded response model analysis

E Stănculescu - International journal of mental health and addiction, 2022 - Springer
One of the basic emotions generated by the COVID-19 pandemic is the fear of contacting
this disease. The main aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the …

Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Fear of COVID-19 scale in Paraguayan population

I Barrios, C Ríos-González, M O'Higgins… - Irish journal of …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Objective: The aim of this study is to test the psychometric properties of the Spanish
validation of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) in a Paraguayan population. Methods …

Assessment of fear of COVID-19 in older adults: Validation of the fear of COVID-19 scale

T Caycho-Rodríguez, JM Tomás… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
There is no information in Peru on the prevalence of mental health problems associated with
COVID-19 in older adults. In this sense, the aim of the study was to gather evidence on the …

Fear of COVID-19 scale: Psychometric characteristics, reliability and validity in the Israeli population

DT Bitan, A Grossman-Giron, Y Bloch, Y Mayer… - Psychiatry …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mental health clinicians worldwide have been expressing concerns regarding the broad
psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonetheless, only a few studies have thus …