Fatfouta Ramzi, Rogoza Radosław
HMKW, Hochschule Für Medien Kommunikation und Wirtschaft, University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany.
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Warsaw, Poland.
Omega (Westport). 2024 Feb;88(3):1121-1135. doi: 10.1177/00302228211062360. Epub 2021 Dec 13.
Fear is a fundamental response in the face of a life-threatening pandemic, such as COVID-19. To assess COVID-19-related fear, the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) has been recently developed and validated in many countries across the globe. The current study aimed to adapt the FCV-19S into German and to examine its psychometric properties. Participants ( = 866) were asked to complete the FCV-19S, report their perceived risk of contracting the virus, and their willingness to comply with mask wearing. Confirmatory Factor Analysis supported both a two-factor structure (emotional and somatic fear) and a more parsimonious one-factor model. Among demographic variables, only female gender was positively associated with the FCV-19S. Moreover, the measure was associated with increased risk perception and compliance with mask wearing. Results suggest that the FCV-19S has good psychometric properties in German and can be used in future work.
恐惧是面对像新冠疫情这样危及生命的大流行时的一种基本反应。为了评估与新冠疫情相关的恐惧，近期开发了新冠恐惧量表（FCV - 19S）并在全球许多国家进行了验证。本研究旨在将FCV - 19S改编为德语版本并检验其心理测量特性。参与者（n = 866）被要求完成FCV - 19S，报告他们感知到的感染病毒风险以及佩戴口罩的意愿。验证性因素分析支持双因素结构（情绪性恐惧和躯体性恐惧）以及更简约的单因素模型。在人口统计学变量中，只有女性性别与FCV - 19S呈正相关。此外，该量表与更高的风险感知以及佩戴口罩的依从性相关。结果表明，FCV - 19S在德语版本中具有良好的心理测量特性，可用于未来的研究。
