Developing and validation of COVID-19 media literacy scale among students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This cross-sectional validation work evaluated the psychometric features of the COVID-19 Media Literacy Scale (C-19MLs) in Students.

Methods

The study was conducted on 530 students from a medical university in Hamadan, Iran, who were recruited through a stratified cluster random sampling process in June-July 2020. Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) and internal consistency were used to assess the reliability. Moreover, CFA (Confirmatory Factor Analyses) and EFA (Exploratory Factor Analyses) were carried out to examine construction validity. CVR (Content Validity Ratio) and CVI (Content Validity Index) were used to examine the content validity.

Results

According to the factor analysis, it was indicated that the C-19MLs included 21 items measuring five d

SUBMITTER: Jormand H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10559652 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature