The fear of COVID-19 scale: a reliability generalization meta-analysis
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UAM. Departamento de Psicología Social y MetodologíaPublisher
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2021-02-22Citation
10.1177/1073191121994164
Assessment 29.5 (2022): 940-948
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1073-1911 (print); 1552-3489 (online)DOI
10.1177/1073191121994164Funded by
This work was supported by the Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad of Spain [Project PSI2017-82490-P]. Thanks are due to James F. Juola, Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Psychology at the University of Kansas, who helped to polish the draft. Any message regarding this article should be sent to the Division of Basic Psychology and Methodology, Department of Psychology, University of Murcia (Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain)Project
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https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191121994164Subjects
FCV-19S; meta-analysis; reliability generalization; fear; Covid-19; classical test theory; Rasch measurement model; PsicologíaRights
© The Author(s) 2021Abstract
A reliability generalization meta-analysis was carried out to estimate the average reliability of the 7-item, 5-point Likert-type Fear of Covid-19 Scale (FCV-19S), one of the most widespread scales developed around the COVID-19 pandemic. Different reliability coefficients from Classical Test Theory and the Rasch Measurement Model were meta-analyzed, heterogeneity among the most reported reliability estimates was examined by searching for moderators, and a predictive model to estimate the expected reliability was proposed. At least one reliability estimate was available for a total of 44 independent samples out of 42 studies, being that Cronbach’s alpha was most frequently reported. The coefficients exhibited pooled estimates ranging from .85 to .90. The moderator analyses led to a predictive model in which the standard deviation of scores explained 36.7% of the total variability among alpha coefficients. The FCV-19S has been shown to be consistently reliable regardless of the moderator variables examined
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Google Scholar:Blázquez-Rincón, Desirée
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Durán Pacheco, Juan Ignacio
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Botella Ausina, Juan
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