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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION
Volume 20, Issue 2, Pages 921-929Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-020-00415-9
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Fear; COVID-19; Coronavirus; SARS-CoV-2; Pandemic; Fear of COVID-19 Scale
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This study developed and validated the FCV-19S scale in the Portuguese language for the Brazilian population to assess fear of COVID-19. The scale was found to have satisfactory validity and reliability, and it is considered important for prevention, treatments, and mental health programs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The pandemic caused by COVID-19 has generated psychological impacts, such as fear of this disease. The authors developed the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S), which aims to assess the fear of COVID-19 in the general population. Adapt and validate the FCV-19S for the Portuguese language in the Brazilian context. Four main initial steps were performed: translation, back-translation, semantic validation, and experimental application. Snowball sampling corresponded to 354 Brazilian participants. Psychometric tests were performed to investigate the validity and reliability of the test, such as confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Analysis of the data showed satisfactory internal consistency (alpha = 0.88), and CFA (factor loads from 0.57 to 0.86) confirmed the unidimensional structure. The Brazilian version of FCV-19S is considered valid, reliable, and appropriate for application among the general Brazilian population and may contribute to the prevention, treatments, and mental health programs, resulting from the pandemic of COVID-19.
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