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Fear of COVID-19 scale: Psychometric characteristics, reliability and validity in the Israeli population

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Tzur Bitan, Dana, Grossman-Giron, Ariella, Bloch, Yuval, Mayer, Yael, Shiffman, Noga, Mendlovic, Shlomo·2020·Psychiatry Research
DOI 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113100PMC PMC7227556
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Mental health clinicians worldwide have been expressing concerns regarding the broad psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonetheless, only a few studies have thus far evaluated the degree of fear of COVID-19, partially due to the lack of validated measures. In this study we evaluated the psychometric properties of the Hebrew version of the Fear of COVID-19 scale (FCV-19S), recently developed to assess different aspects of the fear of the pandemic, in a normative population of participants in Israel. Participants (n = 639) were asked to complete the FCV-19S scale, as well as to report anxiety, depression, and stress levels using validated scales. The results a unidimensional factor structure of the FCV-19S which explained 53.71% of the variance. When forcing a two-factor structure model, the analysis revealed two factors pertaining to emotional fear reactions and symptomatic expressions of fear. Gender, sociodemographic status, chronic illness, being in an at-risk group, and having a family member dying of COVID-19 were positively associated with fear of COVID-19. The measure was associated with anxiety, stress and depression. These results suggest that the FCV-19S has good psychometric properties, and can be utilized in studies assessing the effects of the pandemic on the population's mental health.

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Authors
Tzur Bitan, D., Grossman-Giron, A., Bloch, Y., Mayer, Y., Shiffman, N., & Mendlovic, S.
Affiliations
  • Tel Aviv University (IL)
  • University of British Columbia (CA)
  • Hillel Yaffe Medical Center (IL)
ORCID
Venue
Psychiatry Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-07
Volume
289
Pages
113100
ISSN
0165-1781 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113100
PMC
PMC7227556
OpenAlex
W3025589218
Cited by
553
References
33
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 34 · 2023: 84 · 2022: 163 · 2021: 198 · 2020: 51
FWCI
49.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Psychiatry Research (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 › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
Keywords
fear of COVID-19, Fear of COVID-19 Scale, psychometric validation, Hebrew version, factor structure, anxiety, depression, stress, COVID-19 pandemic mental health, chronic disease, vulnerable populations, family bereavement
MeSH terms
Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Adult, Anxiety, Mental Disorders, Depression, Fear, Female, Humans, Israel, Male, Pneumonia, Viral, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychometrics, Risk Factors, Stress, Psychological, Reproducibility of Results, Coronavirus Infections, Young Adult, Pandemics

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