Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Szent-Györgyi Health Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
Department of Social Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
PLoS One. 2021 Dec 29;16(12):e0261745. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261745. eCollection 2021.
COVID-19 pandemic has had a global major healthcare, social and economic impact. In present study we aim to adapt the Fear of COVID-19 Scale to Hungarian.
Forward-backward translation method was used to translate the English version of the scale to Hungarian. Participants were a convenience sample of 2175 university students and employees. The study was conducted between January 18th and February 12th 2021. The test battery included Hungarian versions of Fear of COVID-19 scale, short Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-H) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI).
The scale showed one-factor structure, the loadings on the factor were significant and strong (from .47 to .84). Internal consistency was very good (α = .84). Construct validity for the Fear of COVID-19 Scale was supported by significant and positive correlations with STAI (r = 0.402; p < 0.001) and BDI-H (r = 0.270; p < 0.001).
The Hungarian version of Fear of COVID-19 Scale is a reliable and valid tool in assessing fear of coronavirus.
COVID-19 大流行对全球的医疗保健、社会和经济产生了重大影响。在本研究中，我们旨在将 COVID-19 恐惧量表改编为匈牙利语。
采用正向-反向翻译法将量表的英文版本翻译成匈牙利语。参与者为 2175 名大学生和员工的便利样本。研究于 2021 年 1 月 18 日至 2 月 12 日进行。测试电池包括匈牙利语恐惧 COVID-19 量表、简短贝克抑郁量表 (BDI-H) 和状态-特质焦虑量表 (STAI)。
该量表呈现单因素结构，因子负荷显著且较强（从.47 到.84）。内部一致性非常好（α =.84）。恐惧 COVID-19 量表的结构效度得到支持，与 STAI（r = 0.402；p < 0.001）和 BDI-H（r = 0.270；p < 0.001）呈显著正相关。
匈牙利语恐惧 COVID-19 量表是评估对冠状病毒恐惧的可靠有效的工具。
