Adaptation and psychometric evaluation of Hungarian version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale

COVID-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. Forward-backward translation method was used to translate the English version of the scale to Hungarian. Participants were a convenience sample o...

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Published in:PloS one 2021-12, Vol.16 (12), p.e0261745-e0261745
Main Authors: Stankovic, Mona, Papp, László, Nyúl, Boglárka, Ivánkovits, László, Pető, Zoltán, Töreki, Annamária
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anxiety
Anxiety - epidemiology
Anxiety - psychology
Biology and Life Sciences
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - psychology
COVID-19 - virology
Economic impact
Emergency medical care
Faculty - psychology
Fear
Fear & phobias
Fear - psychology
Female
Health aspects
Humans
Hungary - epidemiology
Immunization
Impact analysis
Male
Medicine and Health Sciences
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales - standards
Psychometrics - methods
Reproducibility of Results
Risk factors
SARS-CoV-2
Social Sciences
Students - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult
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Summary:COVID-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. 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). The 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). The Hungarian version of Fear of COVID-19 Scale is a reliable and valid tool in assessing fear of coronavirus.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0261745