Replication analysis of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale

Abstract

As fear and anxiety rates increase during the COVID-19 crisis, the need to study and screen and treat vulnerable populations is vitally important Accordingly, the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale, a mental health screener of coronaphobia, has been created to aid this effort The results of a replication analysis reported here support the diagnostic and psychometric properties of this pandemic-related mental health screener Considerations of this scale's use are also discussed