The Fear of COVID-19 Familial Infection Scale: Development and Initial Psychometric Examination

Yael Mayer; Shir Etgar; Noga Shiffman; Ido Lurie

doi:10.1080/07481756.2021.1998780

The Fear of COVID-19 Familial Infection Scale: Development and Initial Psychometric Examination

Yael Mayer^*, Shir Etgar, Noga Shiffman, Ido Lurie

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Psychiatry

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Abstract

The Fear of COVID-19 Familial Infection (FCFI) scale examines parents’ fear levels of infecting their families with COVID-19. Principle component analysis and confirmatory factor analysis in a sample of parents (N = 582) revealed two factors: Fear of infecting others and Others’ Fear of being infected by me.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	71-83
Number of pages	13
Journal	Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development
Volume	55
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/07481756.2021.1998780
State	Published - 2022

Keywords

COVID-19 pandemic
fear
healthcare workers
parents
stress

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