Fear and anxiety in professionals about COVID-19: Brazilian versions of measures

Q2 Psychology

Estudos De Psicologia (campinas) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.1590/1982-0275202239200136

R. N. Couto, Emerson Diógenes de Medeiros, Ícaro Macedo Sousa, Paloma Cavalcante Bezerra de Medeiros, T. A. Carvalho

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Abstract

Abstract The objective of this study was to adapt and verify the psychometric properties of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale and Coronavirus Anxiety Scale, from the data collection conducted with professionals who work directly in the fight against COVID-19 in Brazil. A total of 232 professionals participated (Mage = 32.9; SD = 7.6), most of them female (68.1%), who answered the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale, and the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale instruments and a sociodemographic questionnaire. The adaptation process allowed identifying the content validity of the Brazilian versions and exploratory factorial analyses, followed by correlation studies showing evidence of internal structure validity and in relation to other (convergent) Fear of COVID-19 Scale and Coronavirus Anxiety Scale variables, which presented equally satisfactory reliability rates. Thus, the Brazilian versions of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale and Coronavirus Anxiety Scale scales were made available with satisfactory psychometric qualities for use in the research and assessment of psychological aspects of health professionals.

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专业人员对COVID-19的恐惧和焦虑:巴西版本的措施

本研究的目的是调整和验证COVID-19恐惧量表和冠状病毒焦虑量表的心理测量特性，数据收集自直接参与巴西COVID-19防治工作的专业人员。共有232名专业人士参与(法师= 32.9;SD = 7.6)，其中大多数是女性(68.1%)，她们回答了对COVID-19的恐惧量表、冠状病毒焦虑量表、抑郁、焦虑和压力量表工具以及社会人口学问卷。调整过程允许确定巴西版本的内容效度和探索性析因分析，随后进行相关性研究，显示内部结构效度的证据，以及与其他(收敛)COVID-19恐惧量表和冠状病毒焦虑量表变量的关系，这些变量的信度同样令人满意。因此，提供了巴西版的COVID-19恐惧量表和冠状病毒焦虑量表，具有令人满意的心理测量质量，可用于研究和评估卫生专业人员的心理方面。

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Estudos De Psicologia (campinas) Psychology-Psychology (all)

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4.00

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13 weeks

期刊介绍： Estudos de Psicologia (Psychological Studies) is a quarterly journal of the graduate psychology program at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas - Centro Ciências da Vida (Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas- Center of Life Sciences). Since its foundation in 1983, it has been encouraging contributions from national and international scientific communities, aiming to discuss and to promote the profession and research in Psychology through the publication of original articles, which bring relevant contributions to the field of Psychology. It also publishes theoretical and review papers as well as book reviews representing significant advances to the science and profession of Psychology.