Lathabhavan Remya
Department of Technology Management, VIT University, Vellore, India.
Int J Ment Health Addict. 2023;21(2):1256-1263. doi: 10.1007/s11469-021-00657-1. Epub 2021 Oct 4.
COVID-19 has had a serious negative impact on the mental health of people around the world. The present study analyses the psychometric properties of Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) in the Indian context. The study checks the one-factor and two-factor structures of the measure. Data were collected from 992 respondents from India. Structural equation modeling was performed to check the construct validity after checking the factorial validity, reliability, and model fit. Both one-factor and two-factor models had good psychometric properties. FCV-19S had significant relationships with stress and wellbeing. This study can serve as a reference to practitioners and researchers to understand and analyze fear of COVID among individuals and thus to support the mental health wellbeing during the pandemic.
新冠疫情对全球人民的心理健康产生了严重的负面影响。本研究分析了印度背景下的新冠恐惧量表(FCV-19S)的心理测量特性。该研究检验了该量表的单因素和双因素结构。数据收集自992名印度受访者。在检验了因子效度、信度和模型拟合度之后,进行了结构方程建模以检验结构效度。单因素和双因素模型均具有良好的心理测量特性。FCV-19S与压力和幸福感存在显著关系。本研究可为从业者和研究人员理解和分析个体对新冠的恐惧提供参考,从而在疫情期间支持心理健康。