Perceived Vulnerability to Disease Questionnaire: psychometric validation with a Portuguese sample.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Individual differences in one's perceived vulnerability to infectious diseases are implicated in psychological distress, social and behavioral disease avoidance phenomena. The Perceived Vulnerability to Disease Questionnaire (PVD) is the most extensively used measure when it comes to assessing subjective vulnerability to infectious diseases. However, this measure is not yet accessible to the Portuguese population. The present study aimed to adapt and validate the PVD with 136 Portuguese participants.

Methods

Factorial, convergent and discriminant validity (of both the scale and between each factor), and reliability analysis were assessed.

Results

A modified bifactorial model, comprised of Perceived Infectability and Germ Aversion factors, was obtained, with

SUBMITTER: Ferreira J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9124547 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature