Epidemic Anxiety Scale: Validity and Reliability Study

Abstract

The COVID-19 Pandemic has many effects not only in biological but also social and economic aspects. For this reason, there is a need for the Epidemic Anxiety Scale to be considered from a wider perspective. This study aimed to perform the validity and reliability study of the Epidemic Anxiety scale in a large sample. The sample of the study consists of 6435 people from all over Turkey. “Coronavirus-19 Phobia (CP19-S) scale were used. The internal consistency coefficient (α) of the scale was obtained as .90. Test-retest reliability coefficient was found to be .73. The analysis made revealed that the scale consists of four factors. The first factor "Epidemic" alone accounts for 24% of the variance, the second factor "Economic" 17.7% of the variance, the third factor "Quarantine" accounts for 13.9% of the variance, and the fourth factor "Social Life" accounts for 9.3% of the variance. These four factors, consisting of a total of 18 items, together explained 65% of the total variance. The results of study has shown that Epidemic Anxiety Scale is a valid and reliable scale.

Keywords

• COVID
• epidemic
• epidemic anxiety

Salgın Hastalık Kaygı Ölçeği: Geçerlilik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması

Abstract

COVID-19 Pandemisinin sadece biyolojik değil sosyal, ekonomik açıdan da birçok etkisi vardır. Bu sebeple daha geniş bir perspektiften ele alınacak bir Salgın Hastalık Kaygı Ölçeğine ihtiyaç bulunmaktadır. Bu araştırma, Salgın Hastalık Kaygı ölçeğinin geniş bir örneklemde geçerlilik ve güvenirlik çalışmasını yapmayı amaçlamıştır. Araştırma örneklemi Türkiye'den 6435 kişiden oluşmaktadır. Ölçüt geçerliliği için “Koronavirus-19 Fobisi (CP19-S)” ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Ölçeğin iç tutarlılık katsayısı (α) ,90 olarak elde edilmiştir. Test-Tekrar Test güvenilirlik katsayısı ,73 olarak bulunmuştur. Yapılan analizler ölçeğin dört faktörden oluştuğunu ortaya koymuştur. Birinci faktör "Salgın" tek başına varyansın %24'ünü, ikinci faktör "Ekonomik" varyansın %17,7'sini, üçüncü faktör "Karantina" varyansın %13,9'unu ve dördüncü faktör "Sosyal Yaşam" varyansın %9,3'ünü açıklamaktadır. Toplam 18 maddeden oluşan bu dört faktör birlikte toplam varyansın %65’ini açıklamıştır. Sonuç olarak çalışma bulguları Salgın Hastalık Kaygı Ölçeğinin geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçek olduğunu ortaya koymuştur.

Keywords

• Salgın
• Hastalık Kaygısı
• Ölçek
• Covid-19

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