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Title: | Psychometric testing of three COVID-19-related scales among people with mental illness | Authors: | Chang, KC Hou, WL Pakpour, AH Lin, CY Griffiths, MD |
Issue Date: | Feb-2022 | Source: | International journal of mental health and addiction, Feb. 2022, v. 20, no. 1, p. 324-336 | Abstract: | Fear of novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) may result in psychological health problems among different populations. Moreover, believing COVID-19 information and preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors are relevant constructs associated with fear of COVID-19. Therefore, the present study validated three instruments assessing fear, beliefs, and preventive behaviors related to COVID-19 among individuals with mental illness. Moreover, relationships between the three constructs were examined. Individuals with mental illness (N = 400; 178 females; mean age = 46.91 years) completed the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S), Believing COVID-19 Information Scale (BCIS), Preventive COVID-19 Infection Behaviors Scale (PCIBS), and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21). The FCV-19S, BCIS, and PCIBS demonstrated a single-factor structure with satisfactory fit indices. Moreover, believing COVID-19 information positively and significantly associated with fear of COVID-19, and fear of COVID-19 negatively and significantly associated with preventive behaviors and positively and significantly associated with psychological distress. The FCV-19S, BCIS, and PCIBS may assist healthcare providers in assessing COVID-19-related information among individuals with mental illness. Consequently, relevant programs may be designed to help individuals with mental illness going through the period of crisis. | Keywords: | COVID-19 preventive behavior Believing COVID-19 information scale Fear of COVID-19 scale Psychological distress Preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors scale |
Publisher: | Springer | Journal: | International journal of mental health and addiction | ISSN: | 1557-1874 | EISSN: | 1557-1882 | DOI: | 10.1007/s11469-020-00361-6 | Rights: | © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020 This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use (https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/policies/accepted-manuscript-terms), but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11469-020-00361-6. |
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