Instruments to measure fear of COVID-19: a diagnostic systematic review

AE Muller, JPW Himmels, S Van de Velde - BMC medical research …, 2021 - Springer
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has become a source of fear across the world.
Measuring the level or significance of fear in different populations may help identify …

[HTML][HTML] Optimism, mindfulness, and resilience as potential protective factors for the mental health consequences of fear of the coronavirus

LMW Vos, M Habibović, I Nyklíček, T Smeets… - Psychiatry …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has a substantial impact on mental health. Prior reports have
shown that depression, anxiety, and stress have increased throughout the pandemic …

COVID-19 fear, resilience, social support, anxiety, and suicide among college students in Spain

J Muyor-Rodríguez, F Caravaca-Sánchez… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Worldwide, previous studies have expressed concerns regarding the broad psychological
effects of the COVID-19 pandemic among college students as they are considered an …

[HTML][HTML] Fear of COVID-19 predicts vaccination willingness 14 months later

G Mertens, P Lodder, T Smeets, S Duijndam - Journal of anxiety disorders, 2022 - Elsevier
Vaccines are an important tool for governments and health agencies to contain and curb the
Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic. However, despite their effectiveness and …

Different approaches to analyzing e-government adoption during the Covid-19 pandemic

E Garcia-Rio, PR Palos-Sanchez, P Baena-Luna… - Government Information …, 2023 - Elsevier
This research analyzes the possible underlying determinants of citizens' intent to use
electronic services provided by e-government (e-gov). A total of 519 responses and a …

The fear of COVID-19 scale: Its structure and measurement invariance across 48 countries.

AJ Sawicki, M Żemojtel-Piotrowska… - Psychological …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract Coronavirus disease (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 …

Managing fear during pandemics: Risks and opportunities

G Mertens, IM Engelhard… - Perspectives on …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Fear is an emotion triggered by the perception of danger and motivates safety behaviors.
Within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were ample danger cues (eg, images of …

[HTML][HTML] Pandemic panic? Results of a 14-month longitudinal study on fear of COVID-19

G Mertens, P Lodder, T Smeets, S Duijndam - Journal of affective disorders, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Fear is an evolutionary adaptive emotion that serves to protect the organism
from harm. Once a threat diminishes, fear should also dissipate as otherwise fear may …

The Polish COVID Stress Scales: Considerations of psychometric functioning, measurement invariance, and validity

K Adamczyk, DA Clark, J Pradelok - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The COVID Stress Scales (CSS) were developed to measure stress in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic. To further investigate the psychometric properties of the CSS, we used …

The impact of COVID-19 on the majority population, ethno-racial minorities, and immigrants

E Politi, A Lüders, S Sankaran… - European …, 2022 - econtent.hogrefe.com
The COVID-19 pandemic constitutes an unprecedented threat for individuals and societies,
revealing stark inequalities in preparedness, exposure, and consequences. The present …