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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Piqueras, J. A.
• Gomez-Gomez, M.
• Marzo, J. C.
• Gomez-Mir, P.
• Falco, R.
• Valenzuela, B.

Titel

Validation of the Spanish Version of Fear of COVID-19 Scale: its Association with Acute Stress and Coping

Ist Teil von

• International journal of mental health and addiction, 2023-04, Vol.21 (2), p.711-728

Ort / Verlag

New York: Springer US

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

SpringerLink

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The COVID-19 is a “unique” stressor, which can produce physical and psychological trauma. Coping styles can buffer this psychological impact. Consequently, this paper aims to psychometrically adapt the Fear of COVID-19 scale (FCV-19S) to Spanish and examines the relationships between FCV-19S, stress response, and coping strategies. The sample comprised a convenience sample of 1146 participants (12–83 years), 880 from Spain (76.8%), and 266 from Dominican Republic (23.2%). Overall, the findings support a one-factor structure for FCV-19S, consisting of 7-items, and was invariant across age, sex, occupational status, and cross-national. Therefore, indicating evidences of construct validity. Evidences of reliability were also observed (Cronbach’s α  = .86, McDonald’s ω  = .86, Guttmann’s λ 6 = .86, greatest lower bound = .91, composite reliability = .85, and average variance extracted = .44). Moreover, as regards criterion-related validity, the mediation analysis indicated that the relationship between FCV-19S and acute stress was positive and high, with maladaptive coping styles mediating the relationship, and with a stronger mediation for men. The findings give evidences of the reliability and validity of the Spanish version of FCV-19S among Spanish-speaker participants, which provides the chance of cross-cultural studies.