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COVID-19 Fear Among Pakistanis: Psychometric Evaluation of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale Using Item Response Theory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis
Kabir Medical College, Gandhara University, Peshawar, Pakistan.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1100-101X
Ameer-Ud-Din Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan.
Ziauddin University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Karachi Medical and Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan.
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2023 (English)In: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, ISSN 1557-1874, E-ISSN 1557-1882, Vol. 21, p. 1240-1255Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) assesses the fear of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and has been translated and validated into over 20 languages. The present study conducted confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and item response theory (IRT) analyses on the FCV-19S among a sample of 937 Pakistani adults (mean [SD] age of 25.83 [11.80] years; 537 [57.3%] females). The CFA and IRT confirmed the unidimensionality of the FCV-19S. The Likert-type scale used in the FCV-19S was supported by the proper threshold orderings. Additionally, no DIF contrast had an absolute value larger than 0.5 regarding the participants' characteristics of gender, age, living status, and education in the IRT findings. The FCV-19S was found to be valid and reliable with strong psychometric properties among the Pakistani adult population.

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Springer, 2023. Vol. 21, p. 1240-1255
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COVID-19, Fear of COVID-19 Scale, Fear, FCV-19S Urdu validation, Pakistani population
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-55263DOI: 10.1007/s11469-021-00656-2ISI: 000723555000008PubMedID: 34867122Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85120088990Local ID: HOA;intsam;781633OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-55263DiVA, id: diva2:1617177
Available from: 2021-12-06 Created: 2021-12-06 Last updated: 2025-02-20Bibliographically approved

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