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Psychometric Evaluation of The Fear of COVID-19 Scale Among Chinese Population
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Psychological Co-morbiditiesPersistent WorryEducationCovid-19 ScalePsychometricsCovid-19 EpidemiologyMental HealthClassical Test TheoryPsychologyCovid-19Factor AnalysisPsychometric EvaluationPsychological MeasurementFear ThoughtsPsychiatryChinese VersionCovid-19 PandemicPsychosocial FactorEpidemiologyGlobal HealthMedicinePsychopathologyChinese Population
Background. Fear is a negative emotional reaction to or persistent worry over an imminent public health event like COVID-19. The COVID-Fear Scale was developed in many countries, but not in China. The current study aims to examined the psychometric properties of Chinese version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale.Methods. Translation into Chinese and back-translation into English were conducted firstly. Item analysis and exploratory factor analysis in Sample 1, followed by validity tests in Sample 2). Likely, test-rest reliability was conducted in Sample 3.Results. A bifactor structure of Chinese version of FCV-19S with a general fear factor and two orthogonal group factors with fear thoughts and physical response was confirmed. Besides, it has good internal consistency reliability (α=.92), composite reliability (CR=.92) and validity correlation validity.Conclusion. The results of the present study confirmed that the Chinese version of FCV-19S has good psychometric properties in the Chinese communities.