Adaptation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Turkish Version of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale

Abstract

Coronavirus pandemic caused anxiety in public. Therefore, this anxiety should be identified quickly. This study investigates the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of Coronavirus Anxiety Inventory (CAS), which determines the anxiety associated with the COVID-19 crisis. The research sample consists of 904 participants from 56 provinces of Turkey. Participants' age ranged from 17 to 71. The exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis revealed a good unidimensional structure with a Turkish sample. The correlation between the CAS Turkish version and the Burnout Scale (0.39 p < 0.01) is significant as the convergent validity. Also, correlation between the CAS Turkish version and the Brief Resilience Scale (-0.23 p < 0.01) is significant as the discriminant validity. The internal consistency coefficient (Cronbach's Alpha) was found 0.81. As a result of the Item Discrimination analysis, it was seen that each of the 5 items was discrimination at the desired level. The item-total correlation values in the scale ranged from 0.73 to 0.79. Overall findings showed that the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale were sufficient. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Turkish) Koronavirus pandemisi toplumda endiseye neden oldu. Bu nedenle bu kaygi hizla tespit edilmelidir. Bu calisma COVID-19 krizi ile iliskili anksiyeteyi belirleyen Koronavirus Anksiyete Olcegi'nin (KAO) Turkce versiyonunun psikometrik ozelliklerini incelemeyi amaclamaktadir. Arastirma orneklemi Turkiye'nin 56 farkli ilinden 904 katilimcidan olusmaktadir. Katilimcilarin yaslari 17-71 arasinda degismektedir. Acimlayici ve dogrulayici faktor analizi, Turk orneklemi ile iyi bir tek boyutlu yapi ortaya koymustur. KAO Turkce versiyonunun benzerlik gecerliligi icin kullanilan Tukenmislik Olcegi ile iliskisi (0.39 p<0,01) anlamlidir. Ayrica KAO Turkce versiyonunun ayirtedici gecerliligi icin kullanilan Kisa Psikolojik Saglamlik Olcegi (-0,23 p<0,01) arasindaki iliskisi anlamlidir. Ic tutarlilik katsayisi (Cronbach's Alpha) 0.81 olarak bulunmustur. Madde Ayirt edicilik analizi sonucunda bes maddenin her birinin istenilen duzeyde ayirt edici oldugu gorulmustur. Olcekte madde-toplam korelasyon degerleri 0.73 ile 0.79 arasinda degismektedir. Genel bulgular, Koronavirus Anksiyete Olcegi'nin Turkce versiyonunun psikometrik ozelliklerinin yeterli oldugunu gostermistir. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)