Psychometric properties of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale amongst black South African university students
African Journal of Psychological Assessment
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Title | Psychometric properties of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale amongst black South African university students | |
Creator | Makhubela, Malose Mashegoane, Solomon | |
Description | Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread widely leading to a global public health crisis of a pandemic proportion. Whilst infection rates tend to fluctuate in South Africa, COVID-19 remains a life-threatening disease with the capacity to wreak fear and concern. The present study evaluated the psychometric qualities of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) amongst black South African university students (N = 433; Female: 58%; Mage = 23.51 [SD = 4.18]). The FCV-19S demonstrated a unidimensional factor structure and acceptable internal consistency (α = 0.87), Omega (ω = 0.88) and the greatest lower bound (GLB = 0.90) reliabilities. In addition, discriminant validity was demonstrated when FCV-19S items loaded separately from ordinary fear. The FCV-19S can be used as a measure of COVID-19-related fear amongst black South African university students. | |
Publisher | AOSIS | |
Date | 2021-07-23 | |
Identifier | 10.4102/ajopa.v3i0.57 | |
Source | African Journal of Psychological Assessment; Vol 3 (2021); 6 pages 2617-2798 2707-1618 | |
Language | eng | |
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