Elemo Aman Sado, Satici Seydi Ahmet, Griffiths Mark D
Psychology Department, İstanbul Gelisim University, İstanbul, Turkey.
Department of Psychological Counselling, Artvin Coruh University, Artvin, Turkey.
Int J Ment Health Addict. 2023;21(2):878-889. doi: 10.1007/s11469-020-00448-0. Epub 2020 Dec 3.
Fear is an adaptive response that alerts individuals to the presence of a danger or threat. However, in the context of the current novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the fear experienced could be intense because the number of victims of the virus is continuously increasing globally and is inducing severe mental health concerns. The seven-item Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) assesses the severity of fear related to COVID-19 and has already been validated in many languages. The present study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Amharic (Ethiopian) version of the FCV-19S. An online survey including the Amharic versions of the FCV-19S and the six-item UCLA Loneliness Scale (ULS-6) was administered to 307 Amharic-speaking participants using convenience sampling. The participants' age ranged between 18 and 70 years. In the evaluation process, confirmatory factor analysis, Item Response Theory, concurrent validity, and reliabilities (Cronbach's alpha, McDonald's omega, Guttman's lambda, and composite reliability) of the Amharic version of the FCV-19S were performed. The uni-dimensional structure of the FCV-19S was confirmed and the Amharic version of the FCV-19S had strong psychometric properties. All reliability coefficients of the Amharic FCV-19S were satisfactory, with sound concurrent validity shown by significant and positive correlations with loneliness. The results indicate that the FCV-19S can be used in research to assess the fear of COVID-19 among Amharic-speaking populations.
恐惧是一种适应性反应，可提醒个体注意危险或威胁的存在。然而，在当前2019年新型冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行的背景下，人们所经历的恐惧可能会很强烈，因为全球范围内该病毒的受害者数量在持续增加，并引发了严重的心理健康问题。七项COVID-19恐惧量表（FCV-19S）评估与COVID-19相关的恐惧严重程度，并且已经在多种语言中得到验证。本研究评估了阿姆哈拉语（埃塞俄比亚语）版FCV-19S的心理测量特性。通过便利抽样对307名讲阿姆哈拉语的参与者进行了一项在线调查，其中包括阿姆哈拉语版的FCV-19S和六项加州大学洛杉矶分校孤独量表（ULS-6）。参与者的年龄在18岁至70岁之间。在评估过程中，对阿姆哈拉语版FCV-19S进行了验证性因素分析、项目反应理论、同时效度和信度（克朗巴赫α系数、麦克唐纳ω系数、古特曼λ系数和组合信度）分析。FCV-19S的单维结构得到确认，阿姆哈拉语版FCV-19S具有很强的心理测量特性。阿姆哈拉语FCV-19S的所有信度系数都令人满意，与孤独感呈显著正相关，显示出良好的同时效度。结果表明，FCV-19S可用于研究评估讲阿姆哈拉语人群对COVID-19的恐惧。
