Department of Psychology, University of Central Florida, 4111 Pictor Ln, Orlando, FL 32816, USA.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 67 President Street, MSC 861, 4th Floor, IOP South, Charleston, SC 29425-8610, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Nov 4;17(21):8158. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17218158.
This paper describes the development of a brief self-report screening measure of adherence to social distancing and self-protective behaviors in pandemic situations. Items measured behaviors currently established as primary strategies to prevent and reduce the spread of the COVID-19 infection.
An item pool of 29 questions was generated with the aim of estimating the frequency of specific behaviors and were written to avoid confounding the description of behavioral actions with evaluative judgements. Responses were collected from 401 young adults using an anonymous online survey.
An Exploratory Factor Analysis was conducted with the purpose of item reduction and subscale development. A 14-item Social Distance Scale emerged, consisting of four subscales: Isolation from Community (IC), Work from Home (WH), Family Contact (FC), and Protective Behaviors (PB). The initial psychometric evaluation of the scales indicated adequate internal consistency and test-retest reliability. (4) Conclusions: The Social Distance Scale (v1) is a promising new instrument which may be applied at the population or individual level. It may be used in conjunction with COVID-19 testing to measure interactions between social distancing factors and transmission. In addition, a reliable screening measure has utility for health service providers to assess patient risk and to provide educational/counseling.
本文描述了一种简短的自我报告式筛查工具的开发，用于评估个体在大流行期间遵守社交距离和自我保护行为的情况。该工具测量的行为目前被认为是预防和减少 COVID-19 感染传播的主要策略。
我们生成了一个包含 29 个问题的项目池，旨在估计特定行为的频率，并避免将行为描述与评价判断混淆。我们使用匿名在线调查收集了 401 名年轻成年人的回复。
我们进行了探索性因素分析，目的是进行项目缩减和子量表开发。出现了一个由 14 个项目组成的社交距离量表，由四个子量表组成：社区隔离（IC）、居家办公（WH）、家庭接触（FC）和保护行为（PB）。对量表的初步心理测量评估表明，其具有足够的内部一致性和重测信度。
社交距离量表（v1）是一种有前途的新工具，可应用于人群或个体水平。它可以与 COVID-19 测试结合使用，以衡量社交距离因素与传播之间的相互作用。此外，可靠的筛查工具可用于卫生服务提供者评估患者的风险，并提供教育/咨询。
