作者
Hiba Deek, Mayssah El Nayal, Khalid Alabdulwahhab, Mohammad Ahmad, Riyaz Shaik, Meshari Alzahrani, Iman Elmahdi, Naglaa Youssef, Mohamed Alboraie, Daniel YT Fong, Edmond Pui Hang Choi, Bobo Kai Yin Chan, Nagla Omar
发表日期
2021/11
期刊
Brain and Behavior
卷号
11
期号
11
页码范围
e2375
简介
Background
The Eight‐item Fear Scale is a unidimensional scale evaluating the perceived feelings of fear associated with the thought of the coronavirus.
Aim
The Arabic version of this scale did not exist; hence, this study aimed to translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Fear Scale in participants aged 18 years and above in five Arabic countries: Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan by using a cross‐sectional survey design.
Method
The English version of the COVID‐19 Fear Scale was translated into Arabic following the guidelines and disseminated through social media. Factorial and convergent validity and internal reliability were evaluated. Results: The total number of participants was 2783; the majority was young (41.9%) and female (60.5%). Fear scores were moderate in four countries and severe in Egypt. The scale showed good structural validity, with the items explaining up …
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A multi‐centric study on validation of the Fear Scale for COVID‐19 in five Arabic speaking countries
H Deek, M El Nayal, K Alabdulwahhab, M Ahmad… - Brain and Behavior, 2021