Development of the COVID-19-Anxiety Questionnaire and first psychometric testing

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may cause psychological distress in the general population and has the potential to cause anxiety regarding COVID-19. No validated questionnaires exist for the measurement of specific COVID-19 anxiety. We modified the DSM 5 – Severity Measure for Spec...

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Autores principales: Petzold, Moritz Bruno, Bendau, Antonia, Plag, Jens, Pyrkosch, Lena, Maricic, Lea Mascarell, Rogoll, Janina, Betzler, Felix, Große, Julia, Ströhle, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2020
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7453355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32812525
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2020.82
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Sumario:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may cause psychological distress in the general population and has the potential to cause anxiety regarding COVID-19. No validated questionnaires exist for the measurement of specific COVID-19 anxiety. We modified the DSM 5 – Severity Measure for Specific Phobia–Adult scale specifically for anxiety regarding COVID-19, and report the psychometric properties from an online study with 6262 participants from the general population in Germany. We analysed internal consistency as well as concordant validity. The scale showed good internal consistency (α = 0.86) and good concordant validity (r(s) = 0.60) with the 2-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder measure and r(s) = 0.61 with self-rating of limitations in daily life caused by COVID-19 anxiety.

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