Examining the COVID-19 Anxiety in Terms of Various Variables
Abstract
In the historical process, human beings faced with such events as wars and epidemics. In such cases, it was inevitable that he/she would experience anxiety, stress, anxiety psychologically. In this study, it was aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the COVID Anxiety Scale in terms of various variables. Cronbach's coefficient (α) for the entire scale was .92. According to the results of confirmatory factor analysis, it was found that the uni-dimensional model of the scale was suitable for the Turkish sample. Compliance indices obtained as a result of confirmatory factor analysis of the scale; NNFI = .95, CFI = .97, IFI = .97, SRMR = .04, RMSEA = .15. In addition, Independent Groups t-test and Anova were applied to determine whether there were significant differences be-tween gender, educational status and experienced location variables. There was a significant level of difference between male and female participants according to COVID Anxiety levels. There were no significant differences in the mean COVID anxiety scores of the individuals participating in the study. There were no significant differences in the mean COVID anxiety scores of the individuals participating in the study in terms of their educational status.
Keywords
COVID-19 , Anxiety , Scale , Scale Adaptation
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