Open AccessValidation of the FCV-19 Scale and Assessment of Fear of COVID-19 in the Population of Mozambique, East Africa
Author(s) -
Rúbia Carla Formighieri Giordani,
Suely Ruiz Giolo,
Camila Mühl,
Arune João Estavela,
Janete Ismael Mabuie Gove
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
psychology research and behavior management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1179-1578
DOI - 10.2147/prbm.s298948
Subject(s) - rasch model , confirmatory factor analysis , clinical psychology , population , pandemic , medicine , portuguese , scale (ratio) , brazilian portuguese , logistic regression , psychology , mental health , psychiatry , covid-19 , demography , environmental health , structural equation modeling , geography , developmental psychology , disease , philosophy , mathematics , linguistics , pathology , sociology , statistics , cartography , infectious disease (medical specialty)
This study aimed to validate the Portuguese version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) and investigate its association with sociodemographic and pandemic-related variables in the population of Mozambique.