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COVID-19 Fear in Eastern Europe: Validation of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale

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Reznik, Alexander, Gritsenko, Valentina, Konstantinov, Vsevolod, Khamenka, Natallia, Isralowitz, Richard·2021·International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

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COVID-19 is a major source of fear, stress, and anxiety as well as a major factor impacting the health and wellbeing of people worldwide. The present study builds on the recently developed "Fear of COVID-19 Scale" (Ahorsu et al., In International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 10.1007/s11469-020-00270-8, 2020). The sample comprised of 850 participants, male and female young adults from Russia and Belarus. The majority of survey participants are university students and graduates. Females, students, and others from Russia report higher levels of COVID-19-related fear than those from Belarus. Respondents from Russia and Belarus report less fear than people from Iran who were surveyed earlier. The scale used for the present survey evidenced a good Cronbach's Alpha measure of internal consistency or reliability (0.809). Clearly, further research is needed across locations and over time about the nature and extent of fear caused by COVID 19. Overall, the FCV-19S appears to be a valuable and brief instrument that may provide useful information for intervention and policy purposes to migrate fear and problem behavior linked to infectious disease outbreaks.

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The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Development and Initial Validation
Ahorsu, D. K., Lin, C.-Y., Imani, V., Saffari, M., Griffiths, M. D., & Pakpour, A. H. (2022) · International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction · doi:10.1007/s11469-020-00270-8 · Cited by 4,332 · cited 12×
“Table 3 Comparison of Iranian and Russian-Belarusian results Items Iran Russia and Belarus Mean (SD) (n = 717) Mean (SD) (n = 850) 1 I am most afraid of COVID-19 3.48 (1.14)*** 2.82 (1.00)*** 2 It makes me uncomfortable to think about COVID-19 4.01 (0.84)*** 3.31 (1.11)*** 3 My hands become clammy when I think about C…”
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Authors: Reznik, A., Gritsenko, V., Konstantinov, V., Khamenka, N., & Isralowitz, R.
Affiliations: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (IL)
Penza State University (RU)
Belarusian State Medical University (BY)
Corresponding author: Isralowitz, Richard
ORCID: Reznik, Alexander
Konstantinov, Vsevolod
Khamenka, Natallia
Isralowitz, Richard
Venue: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2020-05-12
Volume: 19
Issue: 5
Pages: 1903-1908
ISSN: 1557-1874 (ISSN-L)
1557-1882
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-020-00283-3
PMC: PMC7217343
OpenAlex: W3024159807
Cited by: 479
References: 5
Citations by year: 2026: 3 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 33 · 2023: 73 · 2022: 131 · 2021: 169 · 2020: 60
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
doi.org
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
www.springer.com/tdm (vor)
Locations: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Social Sciences › Communication › Communication and COVID-19 Impact
Keywords: fear of COVID-19, Fear of COVID-19 Scale, scale validation, psychometric properties, young adults, university students, Russia, Belarus, gender differences, cross-national comparison, infectious disease outbreaks, anxiety

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