TY - JOUR
T1 - COVID-19 Fear Among Pakistanis
T2 - Psychometric Evaluation of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale Using Item Response Theory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis
AU - Ullah, Irfan
AU - Tahir, Muhammad Junaid
AU - Ali, Sajjad
AU - Waseem, Rabia
AU - Griffiths, Mark D.
AU - Mamun, Mohammed A.
AU - Lin, Chung Ying
AU - Pakpour, Amir H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2023/4
Y1 - 2023/4
N2 - The Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) assesses the fear of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and has been translated and validated into over 20 languages. The present study conducted confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and item response theory (IRT) analyses on the FCV-19S among a sample of 937 Pakistani adults (mean [SD] age of 25.83 [11.80] years; 537 [57.3%] females). The CFA and IRT confirmed the unidimensionality of the FCV-19S. The Likert-type scale used in the FCV-19S was supported by the proper threshold orderings. Additionally, no DIF contrast had an absolute value larger than 0.5 regarding the participants’ characteristics of gender, age, living status, and education in the IRT findings. The FCV-19S was found to be valid and reliable with strong psychometric properties among the Pakistani adult population.
AB - The Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) assesses the fear of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and has been translated and validated into over 20 languages. The present study conducted confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and item response theory (IRT) analyses on the FCV-19S among a sample of 937 Pakistani adults (mean [SD] age of 25.83 [11.80] years; 537 [57.3%] females). The CFA and IRT confirmed the unidimensionality of the FCV-19S. The Likert-type scale used in the FCV-19S was supported by the proper threshold orderings. Additionally, no DIF contrast had an absolute value larger than 0.5 regarding the participants’ characteristics of gender, age, living status, and education in the IRT findings. The FCV-19S was found to be valid and reliable with strong psychometric properties among the Pakistani adult population.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11469-021-00656-2
DO - 10.1007/s11469-021-00656-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85120088990
SN - 1557-1874
VL - 21
SP - 1240
EP - 1255
JO - International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
JF - International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
IS - 2
ER -