The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Development and Initial Validation
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Summary
The FCV-19S, a seven-item scale, has robust psychometric properties and is reliable and valid in assessing fear of COVID-19 among the general population and will also be useful in allaying CO VID-19 fears among individuals.
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- article
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- 2020-03-27
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- 3,916
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Keywords
Rasch model, Clinical psychology, Anxiety, Psychology, Scale (ratio)
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