Psychometric properties of the Persian version of the COVID-19 Phobia Scale (C19P-S).

ABSTRACT:

Background

During various infectious pandemics, phobia or panic has been suggested as one of the most common mental disorders. The current study reports on the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the COVID-19 Phobia Scale (C19P-S) in Iran.

Methods

The forward-backward translation procedure was applied to translate the English version of the C19P-S into Persian. Then, content and face validity, structural validity (exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses), convergent and discriminant validity, concurrent validity, reliability, and stability were performed to evaluate the Persian version.

Results

In all, 660 people participated in the study. The mean age of patients was 35.55 (SD = 12.24) years. Exploratory factor analysis confirmed a four-factor stru

SUBMITTER: Bandari R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9811708 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature