Abstract
BackgroundCOVID-19 pandemic has had a global major healthcare, social and economic impact. In present study we aim to adapt the Fear of COVID-19 Scale to Hungarian.Materials and methodsForward-backward translation method was used to translate the English version of the scale to Hungarian. Participants were a convenience sample of 2175 university students and employees. The study was conducted between January 18th and February 12th 2021. The test battery included Hungarian versions of Fear of COVID-19 scale, short Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-H) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI).ResultsThe scale showed one-factor structure, the loadings on the factor were significant and strong (from .47 to .84). Internal consistency was very good (α = .84). Construct validity for the Fear of COVID-19 Scale was supported by significant and positive correlations with STAI (r = 0.402; p < 0.001) and BDI-H (r = 0.270; p < 0.001).ConclusionThe Hungarian version of Fear of COVID-19 Scale is a reliable and valid tool in assessing fear of coronavirus.
Highlights
Over a year after the breakout of the COVID-19 epidemic–declared as global pandemic on March 11th, 2020 by the World Health Organization–coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spread is still in uprise in several countries around the globe
We aim to report psychometric properties, reliability qualities, concurrent validity and confirmatory validity of the Hungarian version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) and examine factorial invariance across genders
The results showed a good fit for the model in both male (N = 836, χ2 = 65.972, df = 11, root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) = .077, comparative fit index (CFI) = .983, Tucker-Lewis Index (TLI) = .967, SRMR = .029) and female (N = 1339, χ2 = 134.768, df = 11, RMSEA = .092, CFI = .967, TLI = .937, SRMR = .038) groups
Summary
Forward-backward translation method was used to translate the English version of the scale to Hungarian. Participants were a convenience sample of 2175 university students and employees. The study was conducted between January 18th and February 12th 2021. The test battery included Hungarian versions of Fear of COVID-19 scale, short Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-H) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)
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