The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Its Structure and Measurement Invariance Across 48 Countries

Artur J. Sawicki; Magdalena Żemojtel-Piotrowska; Julia M. Balcerowska; Monika J. Sawicka; Jarosław Piotrowski; Constantine Sedikides; Peter K. Jonason; John Maltby; Mladen Adamovic; Attisso Mathieu Désiré Agada; Oli Ahmed; Laith Al-Shawaf; Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah; Rahkman Ardi; Zana Hasan Babakr; Sergiu Bălţătescu; Mario Bonato; Richard G. Cowden; Phatthanakit Chobthamkit; Laura De Pretto; Valdiney V. Gouveia; Carmen Haretche; Dzintra Iliško; John Jamir Benzon Aruta; Fanli Jia; Veljko Jovanovic; Tomislav Jukic; Shanmukh V. Kamble; Narine Khachatryan; Martina Klicperova-Baker; Metodi Koralov; Monika Kovacs; Mabelle Kretchner; Aitor Larzabal Fernandez; Kadi Liik; Najma Iqbal Malik; Karine Malysheva; Chanki Moon; Stephan Muehlbacher; Sofya Nartova-Bochaver; Jorge Torres-Marín; Emrah Özsoy; Joonha Park; Elena Piccinelli; Jano Ramos-Diaz; OgnjenRiđic; Adil Samekin; Andrej Starc; Trà T.T. Kiêu; Robert Tomsik; Charles S. Umeh; EduardoWills-Herrera; Anna Wlodarczyk; Zahir Vally; Somayeh Zand

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The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Its Structure and Measurement Invariance Across 48 Countries

Artur J. Sawicki
, Magdalena Żemojtel-Piotrowska
, Julia M. Balcerowska
, Monika J. Sawicka
, Jarosław Piotrowski
, Constantine Sedikides
, Peter K. Jonason
, John Maltby
, Mladen Adamovic
, Attisso Mathieu Désiré Agada
, Oli Ahmed
, Laith Al-Shawaf
, Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah
, Rahkman Ardi
, Zana Hasan Babakr
, Sergiu Bălţătescu
, Mario Bonato
, Richard G. Cowden
, Phatthanakit Chobthamkit
, Laura De Pretto

Valdiney V. Gouveia, Carmen Haretche, Dzintra Iliško, John Jamir Benzon Aruta, Fanli Jia, Veljko Jovanovic, Tomislav Jukic, Shanmukh V. Kamble, Narine Khachatryan, Martina Klicperova-Baker, Metodi Koralov, Monika Kovacs, Mabelle Kretchner, Aitor Larzabal Fernandez, Kadi Liik, Najma Iqbal Malik, Karine Malysheva, Chanki Moon, Stephan Muehlbacher, Sofya Nartova-Bochaver, Jorge Torres-Marín, Emrah Özsoy, Joonha Park, Elena Piccinelli, Jano Ramos-Diaz, OgnjenRiđic, Adil Samekin, Andrej Starc, Trà T.T. Kiêu, Robert Tomsik, Charles S. Umeh, EduardoWills-Herrera, Anna Wlodarczyk, Zahir Vally, Somayeh Zand

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	294-310
Number of pages	17
Journal	Psychological Assessment
Volume	34
Issue number	3
Early online date	20 Jan 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001102
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 20 Jan 2022

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Keywords

Coronavirus
Cross-cultural studies
Fear of covid
Measurement invariance

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Sawicki, A. J., Żemojtel-Piotrowska, M., Balcerowska, J. M., Sawicka, M. J., Piotrowski, J., Sedikides, C., Jonason, P. K., Maltby, J., Adamovic, M., Agada, A. M. D., Ahmed, O., Al-Shawaf, L., Appiah, S. C. Y., Ardi, R., Babakr, Z. H., Bălţătescu, S., Bonato, M., Cowden, R. G., Chobthamkit, P., ... Zand, S. (2022). The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Its Structure and Measurement Invariance Across 48 Countries. Psychological Assessment, 34(3), 294-310. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001102

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