The COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors Index: Development and Validation in Two Samples From the United Kingdom.

ABSTRACT: Monitoring compliance with, and understanding the factors affecting, COVID-19 preventive behaviors requires a robust index of the level of subjective likelihood that the individual will engage in key COVID-19 preventive behaviors. In this article, the psychometric properties of the COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors Index (CPBI), including its development and validation in two samples in the United Kingdom, are described. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed on data from 470 participants in the United Kingdom who provided demographic information and completed the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, the COVID-19 Own Risk Appraisal Scale (CORAS) and the CPBI. Results showed that a unidimensional, 10-item model fits the data well, with satisfactory fit indices, internal consistency and

SUBMITTER: Breakwell GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8164547 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature